Grant boost for university’s 4.3m bid to save Frankenstein manuscripts
It has been awarded the money, its largest ever grant, from the National Heritage Memorial Fund towards the purchase of the Abinger Papers, an archive of major literary significance which includes the draft manuscript of Shelley’s iconic 19th century novel.
The 1816/17 draft version contains many hand-written corrections by Mary’s husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and, say academics, provides unique evidence for the debate on how much he influenced his wife’s monster masterpiece.
