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If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!
â Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Today is author Bram Stoker's 177th birthday. đ His horror novels include "The Lady of the Shroud" and "The Lair of the White Worm," but it's his "Dracula," đ§ââď¸ that gave the world its most famous and iconic vampire. Read the 1899 edition, in the public domain, at the Link in Bio.â
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instagram.comDuring one mid-June evening, the discussions turned to the nature of the principle of life. "Perhaps a corpse would be re-animated", Mary noted; "galvanism had given token of such things".[64] It was after midnight before they retired, and unable to sleep, she became possessed by her imagination as she beheld the grim terrors of her "waking dream",... See more
Mary definĂŹ il periodo svizzero come "il momento in cui passai dall'adolescenza all'etĂ adulta
The Lord of the Rings is a deeply Christian story, but many people miss it on first read.Â
J.R.R. Tolkien famously disliked allegory, so you wonât find that â instead, the story is packed with subtle religious themes you may not have noticed.
For example, there isnât just one Christ figure,... See more
The Culturistsubstack.comCopies of Mary Shelley's original Frankenstein text to be published
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Frankenbook
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Frankenbook is a collective reading and collaborative annotation experience of the original 1818 text of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
Il sigillo di Mary Shelley
Mary, only 18 years old, latÂer had a wakÂing dream of sorts where she imagÂined the premise of her book:
When I placed my head on my pilÂlow, I did not sleep, nor could I be said to think. My imagÂiÂnaÂtion, unbidÂden, posÂsessed and guidÂed me, giftÂing the sucÂcesÂsive images that arose in my mind with a vividÂness far beyond the usuÂal bounds of... See more
When I placed my head on my pilÂlow, I did not sleep, nor could I be said to think. My imagÂiÂnaÂtion, unbidÂden, posÂsessed and guidÂed me, giftÂing the sucÂcesÂsive images that arose in my mind with a vividÂness far beyond the usuÂal bounds of... See more
Mary Shelley racconta il sogno che le ha ispirato Frankenstein