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Mary Shelley (nee Godwin): Frankenstein facts!

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  • The Year Without Summer
  • Mary Shelley was inspired to write Frankenstein as part of a ghost story challenge.
  • Inspiration from a Nightmare
  • Death and Mortality
  • The summer of 1816 was a dark and gloomy summer. Evidence suggests the massive 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora caused the climate abnormality. Mary Godwin spent the season in Geneva, Switzerland with friends. Percy Shelley, John Polidori, Lord Byron, and Mary Godwin all participated in a ghost story challenge.
  • Early example of Science Fiction
  • It was a nightmare that led to the inspiration for what would become Victor Frankenstein's creation or daemon. Bringing life to the creation was inspired by galvanism.
  • 21 year old female author
  • Mary Shelley suffered the loss of many of her children. Traumatic experiences shaped and influenced her writing. Following the death of her first child, a baby girl named Clara, Mary had a dream that the baby was brought back to life by rubbing the child's feet near a warm fire, thus her interest in mortality.
  • Moral warnings
  • Shelley's gothic horror novel follows the story of a young scientist named Victor Frankenstein. His creation of new life, influenced by galvanism theories, has led to people throughout history considering Frankenstein as an early example of Science Fiction work.
  • The majority of Frankenstein was written when Mary Shelley was just 18 years old. Her novel was published in 1818, Shelley was 21 years old at the time.
  • Many moral warnings are evident in Shelley's work. The novel explores numerous political and societal concerns relevant at the time. Many concerns stemmed from the impact of the Industrial Revolution. Many suggest that Frankenstein paved the way for many futuristic dystopian stories.
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