Blog | The Earliest American Reference I’ve Found To Frankenstein |
From the Clarksville, Tennessee Town Gazette and Farmers Register, July 19th, 1819:
“Lord Byron was one evening in company with the daughter of William Godwin and a Mr. Shelly [sic]; the conversation turned upon the stories of ghosts, &c. and it was agreed among them, that each should write a story of those terrific beings. The result of Miss Godwin’s labors has been published under the title of Frankenstein; the Vampyre was lord Byron’s performance–the effort of Mr. Shelby [sic] has not yet been published.”
Indeed, Mr. Shelby [sic] was not yet recognized as one of the greatest English language poets in 1819.
