Mary Shelley

A Living History


Frontczak as Shelley home page



"I shall give an answer
to the question so very frequently asked me —
How I, then a young girl of eighteen, 
came to think of, and to dilate upon,
so very hideous an idea
as Frankenstein?"

One-hour program includes a 40-45 minute monologue in-character, followed first by a question and answer period with "Mary Shelley" and then by a question and answer period with the scholar/presenter.