BOOKS & ART: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Reflected In Art

By: Olivia Worcester

Outlets: Minnesota Women's Press

Published: October 28, 2026

Words: 1,871

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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“It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open.”

Mary Shelley’s 1818 Gothic horror/science fiction novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant young student who displays an incredible aptitude for the sciences. In his intensive studies, he discovers the …

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