In May of 1816, two famous English poets met in Geneva, Switzerland. The poets were Lord Byron and Percy Shelley, and accompanying them were Percy Shelley's wife, Mary, and several other friends and acquaintances. The group spent their time writing, boating on the lake, and talking
late into the night
One night, the group sat around a fire, reading German ghost stories to one another. Inspired by the stories, Lord Byron proposed that each of
them attempt to write his own supernatural tale. They all agreed, and each set out to think of the most terrifying, macabre tale he could
By the following morning, each of the writers had produced either a poem or a story. The scariest of all the stories did not belong to Lord Byron
or Percy Shelley. Instead, it was Percy's wife, Mary, who came up with the most dreadful tale.
Mary would later describe how a waking dream led her to conceive of her story idea. She claimed to have envisioned a young scientist kneeling
beside a corpse. According to her vision, the corpse was brought back to life by the scientist, who then became terrified of what he had created
After succumbing to this vision, Mary began writing what she assumed would be a short story. With her husband's encouragement, she
expanded this story into a novel. The book, which she called Frankenstein, was published in 1818.
6. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Famous poets gathered in Geneva, Switzerland to write ghost stories.
B. Mary Shelley initially conceived of Frankenstein in Geneva, Switzerland.
C. Lord Byron and Percy Shelley had a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland,
D. German ghost stories inspired Lord Byron to suggest a unique game.
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