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Janet Harris begins her biography by stating, “It was a perfect night for ghost stories”. This sentence peaks reader’s interests and imagination while also foreshadowing that Mary Shelley will soon come up with the idea of one horror’s most iconic novel, Frankenstein. On Mary’s vacation to the Swiss Alps during the infamous summer of 1816, cold winds, heavy rain, and thunderstorms ensued. Meteorologists attributed the coldest summer on record due to atmospheric dust from the eruption of volcano Mount Taborga in Indonesia the previous year. Harris states that the outside storms matched Mary’s “inner storms” as she made many bold decisions in her life. The title of chapter 1 is a quote from Frankenstein, “I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some pow

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  • Janet Harris begins her biography by stating, “It was a perfect night for ghost stories”. This sentence peaks reader’s interests and imagination while also foreshadowing that Mary Shelley will soon come up with the idea of one horror’s most iconic novel, Frankenstein. On Mary’s vacation to the Swiss Alps during the infamous summer of 1816, cold winds, heavy rain, and thunderstorms ensued. Meteorologists attributed the coldest summer on record due to atmospheric dust from the eruption of volcano Mount Taborga in Indonesia the previous year. Harris states that the outside storms matched Mary’s “inner storms” as she made many bold decisions in her life. The title of chapter 1 is a quote from Frankenstein, “I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some pow
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  • Janet Harris begins her biography by stating, “It was a perfect night for ghost stories”. This sentence peaks reader’s interests and imagination while also foreshadowing that Mary Shelley will soon come up with the idea of one horror’s most iconic novel, Frankenstein. On Mary’s vacation to the Swiss Alps during the infamous summer of 1816, cold winds, heavy rain, and thunderstorms ensued. Meteorologists attributed the coldest summer on record due to atmospheric dust from the eruption of volcano Mount Taborga in Indonesia the previous year. Harris states that the outside storms matched Mary’s “inner storms” as she made many bold decisions in her life. The title of chapter 1 is a quote from Frankenstein, “I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life, and stir with an uneasy, half vital motion” (Umich.edu). Mary was also experiencing hallucinations and convulsions during her stay in Villa Diodati. Chapter 1 gives an intimate background on Mary’s family, friends, and the vacation that Mary took leading to her creation of Frankenstein.
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