Frankenstein inspired by suicide of Mary Shelley’s half-sister, book reveals | Mary Shelley
As horror fans know, Frankenstein's monster wasn't actually brought to life by lightning, but was born in Mary Shelley's mind during a melancholy vacation on a Geneva mountainside. The inspiration began in the summer of 1816, when a cloud of volcanic ash unexpectedly blocked out the sun, and she and her friends, including the notorious […]