Serendipity (EN)

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In this episode of Monkey Mind, Sophus Helle wonders about the history and etymology behind the word "serendipity". His monkey mind jumps from the gothic classics like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to fairy tales and letter writing, and he explores the dawn of literary genres like crime fiction and horror. In the second part of the episode, Sophus explains how the story of The Three Princes brought us "serendipity", and lays out the connection from this fairy tale to Voltaire, Poe and Conan Doyle, bringing us some genre defining classics. Host: Sophus Helle. Written by: Sophus Helle. Sound editing: Simone Nystrup-Larsen. Editor: Andreas Lindinger SaxildMonkey Mind II.