Proof goth is not dead: A first edition of Frankenstein just set a world auction record.

Mary Shelley was goth before it was cool. She wrote Frankenstein—sometimes described as the world’s first science fiction novel—as part of a horror story writing game. She lost her virginity to Percy Shelley on top of her mother’s grave. (To be fair, it was one of her main leisure spots, but still.) She apparently kept […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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World Book Night Is Tonight, Free Books for 500,000 People

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Folio Magazine | 2013-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ BBC News | 2013-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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