Category: fiction
dippel, dracula, fiction, frankenstein, history, mary, real life, shelly
In a curious case of life imitating art, I learned today of a connection between Frankenstein and Dracula. As we know Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelly, as it turns out, the characterization of Victor Frankenstein might have been based on a man named Conrad Dippel. Johann Conrad Dippel was born in Germany in Frankenstein’s … Read More “Conrad Dippel, Frankenstein and Dracula” »