Lawrence C. Connolly

Tag: Bride of Frankenstein

  • One Night in Geneva:
    The Birth of a Prosperous Progeny

    In 1831, her first novel having achieved pop-culture status thanks to a string of adaptations in England, Europe, and America (see last week’s post), Mary Shelley introduced the second edition of Frankenstein by writing: “Once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper.” Little could she have foreseen just how prosperous it would…