FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MARY SHELLEY
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He was a slave trader who benefited from this prosperous business, he was supported by bankers
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He was a poet, due to the structure of the house and the decoration it must have belonged to the aristocracy
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He was involved in the exploitation of coal so important for the development of the Railroad
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His passion for letters led him to become a scribe, remembering this old practice of medieval monasteries.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Because of poor weather, in June 1816 the group famously spent three days together inside the house creating stories to tell each other, two of which were developed into landmark works of the Gothic horror genre: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and The Vampyre, the first modern vampire story, by Polidori.
Detailed explanation-2: -Villa Diodati is famously known as the location where Mary Shelley first began to write her infamous novel Frankenstein. In may of 1826 Mary, along with her husband Percy Shelley, took a trip to visit Lord Byron who was in Switzerland at the time. The Villa was located on the shores of a lake in Switzerland.
Detailed explanation-3: -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. They arrived on May 14, 1816.
Detailed explanation-4: -Know Before You Go Unfortunately, the villa is in private hands and can only be visited from outside a massive security fence.