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Mary Shelley's Glasses
Reading glasses

Origin

Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin "Shelley"

Type

Eye Glasses

Effects

Reanimation

Downsides

Creature reanimated with Mary Shelley's Glasses will be afraid of fire and glowing objects

Activation

Placing glasses on face

Collected by

Vincent McHastings

Section

Romero-637B

Aisle

7334-33

Shelf

73-3445-4355

Date of Collection

Dec.15.1877

[Source]


Origins

Mary Shelley was an author best remembered today for her story Frankenstein, where a scientist was able to reanimate a corpse which ended with terrible consequences. She came up with it during a challenge to create a horror story while staying with some fellow authors and was inspired by a dream she had.

Effects

Owned by Mary while writing Frankenstein and was imbued with her creative ideas of bring the dead back to life.

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