‘Ferdinand Eboli, a tale’  was first published in 1838 by Mary Shelley in a volume entitled The Keepsake for 1829. Mary Shelley is best known for her career defining novel Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus. This story comes from her large collection of lesser known short stories and is being broadcast on Radio Corca Baiscinn in the hopes that it will bring her less well known works to a wider audience. Mary Shelley is also well known for her close association with many of the most prominent literary figures of her age including her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, her father, the Novelist William Godwin and her mother was the early feminist writer and philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft.