Mary Shelley and her monster

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Mary Shelley and her monster

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Jan 11, 2018

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Fiona Sampson, author of a new biography of Mary Shelley, discusses the remarkable life of the Frankenstein author and considers what her story can tell us about Georgian society For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Jan 11, 2018

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Mary Shelley and her monster

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