Everyone knows that Mary Shelley was the author of Frankenstein but few know that Lord Byron played a catalytic role in its creation. The story of Frankenstein, one of the most famous monsters in world literature, was born through a chain of events, in which the protagonist is the poet and Philhellenic Lord Byron and his great love. The story begins in the summer of 1816. Lord Byron had a passionate love affair with Claire Claremont, who was a cousin of the young writer Mary Shelley, and so he invited them to his villa in Switzerland, along with Mary’s partner and later husband, Percy Shelley. On the evening of June 16, 1816, while the party are confined to the house due to bad weather, Lord Byron proposes a game to see who can think of the scariest story. The company begins the stories and philosophical quests and then a discussion about whether electricity will […]
Source: News Beast
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