John Martin Rare Book Room Open House Thursday, March 22 5-8pm
Now in the 200th year since its publication, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus continues to raise questions about humanity, scientific ethics, and the place of the monster in our imaginations.
Steel engraving by Theodore Von Holst appears as frontispiece to Frankenstein, 1831 ed.This event features books and manuscripts from the John Martin Rare Book Room and Main Library’s Special Collections, which together trace the creation of the novel, and the scientific world that it grew out of.
