A snowstorm delays four friends on their journey from Brighton to Lewes. While they wait for the storm to clear, Harry Valency tells his friends about his adventures as a soldier during the Greek revolution.
Desperate to prove himself as a worthy fighter, Harry is wounded during a Turkish ambush. But having proved his bravery, he is saved by Constantine who recounts the tragic story of his sister Euphrasia while they wait for help.
โEuphrasiaโ (1838) is one of many classic short stories by the English writer Mary Shelley and will delight fans of her best-selling novel โFrankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheusโ (1818).
Mary Shelley (1797โ1851) was an English author and travel writer best known for her ground-breaking Gothic novel โFrankensteinโ (1818). Considered one of the first true works of science-fiction, the book became an instant bestseller and continues to influence filmmakers, writers, and popular culture to this day, inspiring and terrifying new audiences across the globe. It has been adapted for TV, stage, and film on many occasions, with Boris Karloff famously playing Frankensteinโs monster on screen in 1933. Other adaptations include โMary Shelley's Frankensteinโ (1994) starring Kenneth Branagh and Robert De Niro and โViktor Frankensteinโ (2015) starring Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy. Shelleyโs other novels include ฬValperga ฬ (1823), ฬThe Last Man ฬ (1826), ฬPerkin Warbeck ฬ (1830), ฬLodore ฬ (1835), ฬFalkner ฬ (1837), and the posthumously published ฬMathilde ฬ (1959). However, she will always be remembered as the creator of ฬFrankenstein ฬ.