Mary Shelley - The Creator of Frankenstein - Biographical Documentary

How did an unknown 18 year old English girl, disowned by her family and living in a scandalous relationship with a penniless poet, who was married to someone else, come to write one of the greatest and most influential masterpieces of English literature? Frankenstein – a name that immediately conjures up images of death, brutish monsters and mad scientists manically laughing in Gothic laboratories illuminated only by random flashes of lightning. It was a book that shocked and entertained in equal measure, that challenged the status quo, that challenged death itself! In this biographical documentary, Prof Yorston exploring the extraordinary life of Mary Shelley and her greatest creation – asking who created who? Finding Out More There are several excellent biographies of Mary Shelley and books exploring the background to how she came to write her book. I would recommend In Search of Mary Shelley by Fiona Simpson and Miranda Seymour’s Mary Shelley. I’ll add these to my Amazon Store