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Roseanne Montillo - The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece

Emerson professor Roseanne Montillo’s fascinating debut explores the sordid history behind Mary Shelley and what led her to create her Gothic masterpiece. Meet a wild cast including her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Romantic-era playa Lord Byron. Find out how social revolutions and the scientific and technological boom of the Industrial Revolution inspired a horror classic.

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