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On August 30, 1797, a girl was born who would go on to write
On August 30, 1797, a girl was born who would go on to write one of the most durable stories in the English language. Mary Shelley didn't even start with writing a novel like many scholars and writers usually do, but instead what she ended up doing was accidentally inventing an entire genre. Every year on her birthday, readers and publishers alike quietly mark what's come to be nicknamed Frankenstein Day. On Mary Shelley’s birthday, here's why Frankenstein continues to fascinate readers more than two centuries later, inspiring countless adaptations, reinterpretations and conversations about science, ambition, identity and humanity., Books, Times Now
Why it matters. Why it matters: On August 30, 1797, a girl was born who would go on to write one of the most durable stories in the English language.
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