“In 1816, no one was clamoring for a woman to write anything, let alone ghastly, gothic horror stories,” says playwright ...

When Frankenstein was first published in 1818, critics were divided. Some were appalled by the lurid details of the writer’s ...

The exhibit details some of the marvels of science happening during her lifetime, like person-to-person blood transfusions and galvanism, the application of electricity to beheaded animals and ...

Davy was born in the late 18th century and is famed for his work on a miner’s safety lamp. He also carried out early work on galvanism and discovered more chemical elements than any other person ...

It was possible, and sometimes she thought it probable, that his affection might be re-animated, and the influence of his friends successfully combated by the more natural influence of Jane’s ...