Description
One dark and stormy night (long before H.G. Wells and Jules Verne) 18-year-old Mary Shelley (1797-1851) wrote the first drafts of a ghost story on a dare. The resulting epic, Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, was published in 1818. By 1826 she had also completed The Last Man, now acknowledged to be the first published work of dystopian or apocalyptic fiction. Shelley’s story is one of both remarkable achievement and heart-rending tragedy.
Jane Ellen shares her eclectic interests with Oasis audiences from her island home on Florida’s Space Coast. Specializing in music and entertainment history, she especially enjoys exploring the artist behind the art. Jane’s presentations benefit from her gifts as a storyteller, independent scholar, performer, and composer.