Ep. 53 - Mary Shelley's Exquisite Grief
Ep. 53 - Mary Shelley's Exquisite Grief  
Podcast: My Victorian Nightmare
Published On: Mon Jul 28 2025
Description: On this week’s episode of My Victorian Nightmare, Genevieve will discuss the life of Mary Shelley. The mother of science fiction. The mother of gothic horror. We will discuss her tragic life, her poetic romance, her monster, and the ways she spun the most unimaginable grief, like a silken web, into a masterpiece.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!References for today’s episode:https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2024/12/mary-shelleys-grief/#:~:text=The%20summer%20of%201816%20is%20no%20summer,take%20up%20residence%20in%20a%20nearby%20cottage.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelleyhttps://www.bustle.com/p/frankenstein-author-mary-shelley-was-goth-before-it-was-cool-these-15-surprising-facts-prove-it-2918285“Two Spectral Lodgers : Ghosts in a Fourteenth-Street Boarding House” - The New York Times, Jun. 24, 1881.The Spiritualist - Nov. 19th, 1869.