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How Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' became a cultural phenomenon

How Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' became a cultural phenomenon14 Oct48 min

More than two hundred years later, Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' still feels urgently relevant as it explores the dangers of playing God, the traumas of parental abandonment and the costs of rejection by society. On this episode of the 'Talk of Iowa' Book Club, we discuss 'Frankenstein' with three expert readers.