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 write her novel?
A
1818
B
1816
C
1822
D
1808
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mary Shelley created the story on a rainy afternoon in 1816 in Geneva, where she was staying with her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, their friend Lord Byron and Lord Byron’s physician, John Polidori. The group, trapped indoors by the inclement weather, passed the time telling and writing ghost stories.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the summer of 1816 Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin travelled to Switzerland in order to meet Lord Byron.

Detailed explanation-3: -The summer of 1816 was a key, pivotal, instrumental event that occurred in Mary Shelley’s life. Due to the sudden, catastrophic eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley and their infant daughter traveled to Switzerland to escape the terrible weather they were experiencing in England.

Detailed explanation-4: -During the dark, wet and unpleasant summer of 1816 in Europe, George Gordon Byron, also known as Lord Byron, penned the poem Darkness.

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