Mary ShelleyMary ShelleyIn the summer of 1816 Shelley was in Switzerland with Jane Clairmont, Lord Byron and
John Polidori. One rainy daythe group entertained
themselves by reading a book of ghost stories.
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Mary Shelley Job of ghost stories.
Lord Byron suggested that theyall should try to write their own
horror story.
It was at that time that Mary Shelley began to work on what
would become her mostfamous novel, Frankenstein,
or the Modern Prometheus.
Job
AuthorBIRTH DATE
August 30, 1797DEATH DATE
February 1, 1851PLACE OF BIRTH
London, England, UnitedKindom
PLACE OF DEATH
London, England, UnitedKindom
Hello, Hello, i’mi’m Frankenstein!Frankenstein!
I I waswas namednamed afterafter mymy creator Dr. Victor creator Dr. Victor FankensteinFankenstein....
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Victor Frankenstein
OCCUPATION
Scientist
BIRTH DATE
Late eighteenth century
Dr. Victor was born in Naples.
When he was eleven years old he became interested in natural philosophy by reading the works of Cornelio
Agrippa, Paracelso and Alberto Magno.
Then he devoted himself to mathematics and science.
Late eighteenth century
A very important event affected the life of Victor, namely
his mother’s death and he, my creator,
Started to study death.
He began to consider the possibility of creating a man who
could be given perfect health, long life and high
intelligence.
Unfortunately ,Victor created me…
‘’An appalling monster’’…so people called and call me me. ‘’An appalling monster’’…so people called and call me me.
He looked at me scared and left me. I decided to steal the
diary of Victor and flee.
I killed my creator’s brother, William.
Later, while Victor was on holiday in France I met him and I
told him that I had committed murder.told him that I had committed murder.
I also told him that I had helped the De Lacey family,
bringing them during the night vegetables and firewood
without being seen.
When I decided to make my presence known, terrified by my
appearance they sent me away violently and they left the
house. I felt terribly hurt.
Nobody wanted to be my friend. I
was alone and I asked Victor to
create a woman like me, but he
refused so I decided to make his life
impossible, just as he had done with
me.