... her husband went abroad, spending time with Lord Byron and his friend Polidori in Geneva. It was there Byron suggests they all should write a ghost story. Mary writes Frankenstein, the only story of the four that was ever to be published as a novel. Frankenstein is not set in a dull and dreary castle, but you could say that where Frankenstein worked on his ... and obsessive person. Chapter 5 begins with a description of the weather and this sets the scene instantly. Before the monster awakes Frankenstein says, "my candle was nearly burnt out", which suggests he had given up and was goin...

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• Grade Level: High School