Indiana to celebrate Frankenstein’s 200th birthday

The book also continues to raise important questions about science and technology. For these and many other reasons, Indiana Humanities is presenting One State / One Story: Frankenstein, an ambitious slate of programming around the classic novel. More than 70 communities across the state will participate by hosting read-a-thons, community reads, college and university programs, and more.

“The goal of that is to get everybody in Indiana and as many people as we can reading the book and talking about the big themes that are in it,” says Indiana Humanities Vice-President Kristen Fuhs Wells.

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• Source: WFYI Public Media
• Via: Taylor Bennett

A celebration is taking place in the new year for the 200th birthday of “Frankenstein”- a book that was originally published by an anonymous author (19-year-old Mary Shelley) and would go on to open up new literary genres, inspire countless films and books.

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