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Mary Shelley: “What terrified me will terrify others.”

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, her husband Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and Lord Byron’s physician Dr. John Polidori sat around one rainy summer night in 1816- they were neighbors in Switzerland – I mean, damn, I want to be at one of … Continue reading

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“this glorious presence-chamber of imperial nature”

From Frankenstein (which I read over this past week – being pretty much unable to put it down): I spent the following day roaming through the valley. I stood beside the sources of the Arveiron, which take their rise in … Continue reading

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

Jessa Crispin has an interesting interview with Peter Boxall, editor of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. I loved what Boxall said at the end: “Having benefited from an extraordinary number of emails and letters as well as … Continue reading

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