ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MARY SHELLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
While at Lord Byron’s home, the group decided to play a game in which they would write ____ stories and share them.
A
Ghost
B
Silly
C
Ironic
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"Fragment of a Novel” is an unfinished 1819 vampire horror story written by Lord Byron. The story, also known as “A Fragment” and “The Burial: A Fragment", was one of the first in English to feature a vampire theme. The main character was Augustus Darvell.

Detailed explanation-2: -What special set of circumstances inspired the four friends to attempt to write ghost stories? The weather was gloomy outside, so they were confined to the house. They then found several gothic ghost stories that inspired them.

Detailed explanation-3: -’The year without a summer’, as 1816 became known, provided the perfect backdrop to the telling of bleak, macabre and doom-laden Gothic tales.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which classic horror novel was written as the result of a “ghost story” writing challenge? And the answer: Frankenstein. Boris Karloff as Frankenstein’s Monster. Photo credit: public domain.

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