tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584765175134352180.post2553784167704621868..comments2023-10-17T08:44:32.256-05:00Comments on The Writing Greek: Mary ShelleyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584765175134352180.post-78870393754199369652009-02-13T20:12:00.001-06:002009-02-13T20:12:00.001-06:00This is a laudenum free blog ...This is a laudenum free blog ...D.A. Riserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03312649755644000259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584765175134352180.post-3794021971119416302009-02-13T20:12:00.000-06:002009-02-13T20:12:00.000-06:00Great comment, Mark. I didn't know that about the ...Great comment, Mark. I didn't know that about the laudenum. That is very interesting, indeed. I, too, will abstain from any laudenum-ing.D.A. Riserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03312649755644000259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584765175134352180.post-57654347216615491672009-02-13T20:10:00.000-06:002009-02-13T20:10:00.000-06:00PJ, maybe you can see if you can work a Wollestone...PJ, maybe you can see if you can work a Wollestonecraft into your next book. Is it too late for The Navel of the World?<BR/><BR/>I agree that she has quite a story. Someone needs to capture it in a novel if they haven't already. Anyone?D.A. Riserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03312649755644000259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584765175134352180.post-44280353913652292392009-02-13T13:07:00.000-06:002009-02-13T13:07:00.000-06:00Rumer has it that at Lord Byron's gatherings, the ...Rumer has it that at Lord Byron's gatherings, the participants would swill in a laudenum induced haze as they wrote and shared their ghost stories. That brings an entire new level of darkness to Frankenstein, particulary when Shelly's charactor Victor Frankenstein takes laudenum to help him sleep after the death of his friend. <BR/><BR/>I did always find Frankenstein quite dark, but I also enjoyed it immensely. I will abstain from the laudenum, however.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06246104712488164273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584765175134352180.post-24499611589262586002009-02-13T09:40:00.000-06:002009-02-13T09:40:00.000-06:00OMG. You've got to be kidding. This could make a s...OMG. You've got to be kidding. This could make a story in itself (and it probably has).<BR/>And for the record, I think Wollestonecraft is pretty darned cool!PJ Hooverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02602205868934777662noreply@blogger.com