#roger dodsworth

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This Frightful Friday sees our Summer Symposium on Promethean Horror draw to a close with a very special guest lecturer, Mary Shelley, the woman whose novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus inspired and named the sub-genre. Based on a sensational true-life account, “Roger Dodsworth: The Reanimated Englishman” explores a few of the same themes from her famous novel, though with a far lighter tone.

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The Hoax That Inspired Mary Shelley - JSTOR Daily

In the hot summer of 1826, the British people—including science fiction author, Mary Shelley—embraced a fake and frozen Roger Dodsworth.