ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MARY SHELLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In what year did Mary Shelley go to Lord Byron’s house in Geneva and write “Frankenstein”?
A
1816
B
1815
C
1822
D
1818
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the summer of 1816 Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin travelled to Switzerland in order to meet Lord Byron.

Detailed explanation-2: -The creation story of Mary Shelley’s dark tale of science misused is nearly as famous as the novel itself. The summer of 1816 became known as ‘the year without a summer’ due to the cold, dismal, damp conditions and torrential rain experienced throughout Europe, North America and Asia.

Detailed explanation-3: -During the dark, wet and unpleasant summer of 1816 in Europe, George Gordon Byron, also known as Lord Byron, penned the poem Darkness.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mary Shelley was among them-but when she arrived at Lake Geneva in May 1816, she was looking for a vacation, not literary inspiration. Unfortunately the weather was so ghastly in Switzerland that she was trapped inside nearly the entire time.

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