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Sunday talk: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand

Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Join Dr Diane Duffy for a lunch-time talk on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in this bicentennial anniversary year of the book’s first publication. This classic novel has captured the imagination of generations with its terrifying story of a creature brought to life by man. Learn how the book – one of the first books of science fiction – explores the ethics of science, a topic that still has great relevance today.

Free of charge, included with House entry.

28th Oct 2018

1pm - 1.45pm

Talks

We've got a house...it certainly is a beauty...I must try and make the house give as much pleasure to others as I can.’

Elizabeth Gaskell, in a letter to her friend Eliza Fox in 1850.