A stormy summer, a group of writers, and one ghost-story dare helped shape Gothic fiction. Here’s the fascinating story behind Frankenstein, The Vampyre, and Villa Diodati.
The Ghost Story Challenge That Helped Shape Gothic Fiction
Tag: Literary History
Before There Were Bookstores, There Were Traveling Booksellers
Long before bookstores became commonplace, itinerant booksellers carried baskets of books across the mountains of northern Italy, bringing stories to readers one village at a time. Their little-known history reveals how a handful of determined booksellers helped shape the modern book trade.
Bookish Rabbit Hole
One of the things I love most about historical fiction is discovering the people history nearly forgot. A fascinating article about Mary Shelley's half-sister, Fanny Imlay, sent me down a literary-history rabbit hole today.
Thursday Nerd Out: Frankenstein Edition
A nerdy deep dive into fun facts about Frankenstein and how Mary Shelley brought it to life.