Frankenstein
describe the conversation that triggered the author's "waking dream"
shelly frankenstein letters
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shelly frankenstein letters
Lord Byron, Percy Shelley and Mary Shelley were vacationing near lake Geneva. After discussing their contest to write a scary ghost story, Mary has a waking dream of a student trying to impart a "spark of life" to "the thing he had put together." This "sparks" the idea for Frankenstein.