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Literary Legends: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Imagine a summer so dark it feels like the world itself is unravelling… The year was 1816, and Europe was trapped in the eerie aftermath of Mount Tambora’s volcanic eruption. A massive ash cloud veiled the sun, temperatures plummeted, and rain fell relentlessly. Amid this apocalyptic gloom, a group of scandalous young writers sought refuge at Lake Geneva in Switzerland. Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley née Godwin and John Polidori arrived with dreams of sunny boating trips and countryside picnics, but the weather had other plans. Trapped indoors, the group turned to storytelling. Late at night, by flickering candlelight, they read ghost stories, argued about science and mortality, and let their imaginations run wild. Then, one fateful evening, Byron issued a dare: write a story more terrifying than any we’ve heard before. For Mary, just 18 years old, inspiration struck like a bolt of lightning. She envisioned a scientist defying nature, reanimating lifeless flesh, and unleashing a monstrous creation doomed to haunt him forever. That vivid idea became Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus—a groundbreaking 1818 novel that forever transformed Gothic horror and science fiction. 📷 @emmalewisphotographer #Frankenstein #MaryShelley #YearWithoutASummer #LiteraryLegends #GothicHorror #ScienceFiction #Bookstagram Have you read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley? I haven’t yet, but after discovering its incredible origin story, it’s officially on my TBR this year!