Frankenstein
describe the conversation that triggered the author's "waking dream"
shelly frankenstein letters
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.