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When did Mary Shelley write Frankenstein?
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818).
What did Mary Shelley have to do with Lake Geneva?
In May 1816, Mary Godwin, Percy Shelley, and their son travelled to Geneva with Claire Clairmont.
what did Mary Shelley and her family do while they were at Lake Geneva?
The company amused themselves with German ghost stories.
What did Mary Shelley and her family write while they were at Lake Geneva?
The company amused themselves with German ghost stories, which prompted Lord Byron to propose that they each write a ghost story.
Did Mary Shelley write the ghost story that Lord Byron suggested?
Unable to think of a story, young Mary Godwin became anxious.
how did Mary Shelley's efforts to write a ghost story end for her?
With Percy Shelley's encouragement, Mary Shelley expanded this tale into her first novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, published in 1818.

Question: was Frankenstein successful?
Self-contained rewrite: was Frankenstein successful?