Mary Shelley
Frankenstein was first published in 1818. This topic is part of Authors within Arts & Culture. This page currently draws on 6 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Mary Shelley trivia questions
Mary Shelley wrote which novel about Victor Frankenstein?
Answer: Frankenstein
Bonus fact: Frankenstein was first published in 1818.
Mary Shelley began conceiving Frankenstein during a famous stay near which lake?
Answer: Lake Geneva
Bonus fact: She was staying near Lord Byron in Switzerland.
Who was Mary Shelley's poet husband?
Answer: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Bonus fact: Percy Shelley was one of the major Romantic poets.
Frankenstein was first published when Mary Shelley was in approximately what age range?
Answer: Late teens
Bonus fact: She began the story at 18 and it was published when she was 20.
In what year was the first edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein published?
Answer: 1818
Bonus fact: The Library of Congress holds an 1818 edition of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
Who wrote Frankenstein?
Answer: Mary Shelley
Bonus fact: Mary Shelley published Frankenstein anonymously in 1818.