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Buxton International Festival

Fiona Sampson

In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote FrankensteinPavilion Arts Centrebutton--dates-and-timesDates & Times

The runaway Goth

At 16 she ran away with a married poet; at 21 she  wrote Frankenstein, the definitive Gothic novel that spawned a whole new genre. The romance and tragedy of Mary Shelley’s short life are well known, but what do we know of the woman herself? Through letters, diaries and records Fiona Sampson reveals the real woman behind the story. She uncovers a complex, generous character – friend, intellectual, lover and mother – trying to fulfil a passionate commitment to writing when to be a woman writer was an extraordinary and costly anomaly.

  • Duration: 1hr
  • Price: £11

Offers/Discounts

Discounts

Frankenstein 200: Book for any two of the following: Gavin Francis (15 July), Miranda Seymour (17 July) or Fiona Sampson (18 July); and receive a 25% discount on the second talk.