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Frankenstein

'Mary Shelley' – quite contrary to the character this film wants us to know

For a celebration of a pioneering literary genius, 'Mary Shelley' is surprisingly clunky and corseted

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Frankenstein

'Mary Shelley' – quite contrary to the character this film wants us to know

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