# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Reading Group: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 15 Sep, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Tue, 15 Sep, 2026 at 01:15 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Frankenstein began as a contest among friends to see who could write the most frightening ghost story during a June vacation so rainy, overcast, and cold that 1816 later became known as “the year without a summer.” Two centuries later, Mary Shelley’s novel about an ambitious inventor and the lonely monster he brings to life retains a strong grip on our cultural imagination. This fall, you’re invited to discover firsthand what wisdom Frankenstein has in store for readers and Christians today.

As a tale of intellectual ambition and technological overreach, Frankenstein looks back toward Adam’s creation in Genesis and ahead to our use of genetic testing of embryos today. The novel questions why and how new life comes into the world, and what human beings need to thrive. Join Lumen Center Fellow in Literature Cassandra Nelson to discuss family and free will, care and abandonment, and the promise and peril lurking within new technologies and the human heart. All readers are welcome.

This group will meet on the following Tuesdays from 12:00- 1:15 p.m:
Sept. 15
Sept. 22
Sept. 29                                                                       
Oct. 6

Please bring your own copy of the 1818 edition of Frankenstein. (Beware! Shelley published a revised text in 1831. We will be reading her earlier text.) The Broadview version is recommended but not required.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/madison/reading-group-mary-shelleys-frankenstein/200030288826724
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, contests
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Madison
- **state**: WI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 365 E Campus Mall, Ste 200, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53715
- **lat**: 43.07262
- **long**: -89.39806
- **full address**: 365 E Campus Mall, Ste 200, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53715

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Reading Group: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein being held?
  - **A:** Reading Group: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein takes place on Tue, 15 Sep, 2026 at 12:00 pm to Tue, 15 Sep, 2026 at 01:15 pm at 365 E Campus Mall, Ste 200, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53715.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Reading Group: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?
  - **A:** Reading Group: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is organized by Upper House.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Reading Group: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Madison, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Reading Group: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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