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In Search of Mary Shelley
As part of the bicentenary celebrations of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Professor Sampson, author of the critically acclaimed In Search of Mary Shelley, explores Romantic ideas of selfhood, modernity and biography through Mary Shelley’s own life and work, revealing how these helped the teenager create Frankenstein. The young Mary longed to live in idyllic seclusion with Percy Bysshe in Cwm Elan, near Rhayader, Powys. Later, West Wales acquired bitter connotations after her ha
17:30 to 18:30 Free entry 01970 632 548
The National Library of Wales Aberystwyth, Rhiw Penglais, Shropshire SY23 3BU
Wed 23 May 2018
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