Forget Flowers, 18th Century Romantics Gave Their Actual Hearts
In the 18th century, the ultimate romantic gesture wasn't flowers but the heart of a deceased lover.
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In the 18th century, the ultimate romantic gesture wasn't flowers but the heart of a deceased lover.
Novelist Mary Shelley kept the heart of her deceased husband, the poet Percy Shelley, in her desk drawer.
Mary Shelley's novel and its adaptations have long been progressive and transgressive. Here's a brief history of feminist Frankenstein:
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English Romantic novelist who is best known as the author of Frankenstein, a text that is part Gothic novel and part philosophical novel and is also often considered an early example of science fiction. Learn more about her life and works in this article.