Mary Shelley wrote the gothic novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus." It was first published in 1818 and is considered a seminal work of Science Fiction and Horror literature.
Mary Shelley wrote her first gothic story "Frankenstein" while staying in Switzerland with the poet Lord Byron and her future husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley.
her husband and Lord Byron
Lord Byron challenged Mary Shelley to write a ghost story during a summer stay at Lake Geneva in 1816.
Mary Shelley became an author because she was encouraged by her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Lord Byron to write a ghost story during a trip to Switzerland in 1816. This led her to write the novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" which was published in 1818 and became a significant work in the Gothic genre.
Mary Shelley wanted to write ghost stories that were real. She would visit places and then write about them.
She contributed to the development of the gothic subgenre
Mary Shelley is best known for writing the novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus," which is considered a groundbreaking work of gothic fiction and science fiction. The novel tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who creates a living being through an unorthodox scientific experiment.
Mary Shelley was with her soon-to-be husband Percy Bysshe Shelley when she began writing gothic stories. They were part of a literary circle that included Lord Byron and John Polidori, both of whom also wrote gothic works.
Lord Byron.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein conforms to the definition of a Gothic novel by taking place in a dark dungeon and characters blending the supernatural and external world. Also, raising the dead is a premise used in Gothic novels.
As well as the famous novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley also wrote short stories, poems, essays, biographies, and travel narratives as well as other novels.Mary Shelley wrote : Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus - Valperga: Or, the Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca - The Last Man - The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck, A Romance - Lodore - Mathilda .
Her husband Percy Shelley