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Masterclass: the Frankenstein notebooks at the Bodleian Libraries

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The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)
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An examination of the notebooks in which Mary Shelley drafted Frankenstein. These two notebooks, one purchased probably in Geneva, the second in England, are now kept in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
With: Miranda Seymour, biographer of Mary Shelley, Richard Ovenden, Bodley's Librarian, Stephen Hebron, curator and author of Shelley's Ghost
Recorded on Saturday, 24 March, 2018, for Frankenreads 2018

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The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)
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Miranda Seymour
Richard Ovenden
Stephen Hebron
Keywords
literature
mary shelley
frankenstein
Department: Bodleian Libraries
Date Added: 29/01/2019
Duration: 01:05:40

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