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Key ideas from the book
- The story revisits the summer Mary Shelley began work on Frankenstein.
- Mehrunissa “Mehr” Begum, Shelley’s Indian housemaid, tells the story.
- The book presents its subject as revisionist gothic horror.
- Readers encounter a familiar literary episode through the housemaid’s perspective.
About The Glowing Hours by Leila Siddiqui
Set during the fabled summer Mary Shelley began work on Frankenstein, Leila Siddiqui’s The Glowing Hours recasts that literary moment as a revisionist gothic horror story. The story is told by Mehrunissa “Mehr” Begum, identified in publisher material as Shelley’s Indian housemaid.
By placing Mehr at the center of the telling, the novel offers a different perspective on a familiar literary episode. It may appeal to readers interested in gothic horror, fictional reimaginings of literary history, and stories connected with Mary Shelley and Frankenstein.
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