It was 206 years ago #OTD - January 1, 1818 - that 20 year old Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus was first published anonymously in three volumes. The world would never be the same again...

That's me!

If I see but one smile on your lips when we meet, occasioned by this or any other exertion of mine, I shall need no other happiness. ― Mary Shelley

Finished reading it last month. It's remarkable how much the 1931 Universal movie has shifted expectations despite some obvious changes to the characters, because the book is absolutely nothing like it.

She has a nice connection to my home town of Dundee - dundeescottishculture.org/miscellaneou...