FRANKENSTEIN:
during the summer of 1816, mary wollstonecraft godwin, age 19, and her fiancèe percy bysshe shelley, were in swiitzerland, visiting their friend lord byron at a villa he had rented by lake geneva.
the weather was cold and dreary and it was impossible to carry out any of the outdoor activities so typical of summer vacations.
to pass the time, lord byron challenged the group to a contest. the winner would de the one who wrote the scariest tale.
the group began writing, but mary couldn`t think of anything really scary to write about. one nignt, mary had a terrifying dream. in her dream, a young boy was looking at a horrible monster that was lying on a table. there was a clanking sound from an engine and a loud crack and then the monster opened its yellow eyes. terrified, the student ran away from his creation, hoping it would soon die. but, when he awoke again the next morning, it was next to his bed, looking at him.
the dream frightened mary and for some time, she tried to ignore it so that she could write a tale for the contest. then it occurred to her that maybe her dream would be scary enough to be used for her story¡¡
she began writing then, a story about how young victor frankenstein, a science major at the university an his fellow student peter krempe, produced artificial life.
frankenstein monster, which never received a name, became very famous, many plays and movies have been made about him since the publication of shelley`s nove in 1818.