Against the odds, by concentrating on its author, Anne Eekhout’s new novel, "Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein" (translated from the Dutch by Laura Watkinson), makes Mary Shelley’s life story more involving than most revisited novels based on classics.
Lichens, tiny insects, solitary reading, train journeys, overheard conversations and matrimonial irritations make up the subject matter of Davis s short stories.
Ruth Franklin reviews three novels that variously reimagine “Frankenstein” and the life of its author, Mary Shelley, in light of historical and contemporary conceptions of gender: Anne Eekhout’s “Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein,” C. E. McGill’s “Our Hideous Progeny,” and Louisa Hall’s “Reproduction.”
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