Frankenstein Day
August 30 · Level 9 · #300 of 2238
This day is tied to the birthday of the writer Mary Shelley, born on 30 August 1797. Her novel Frankenstein became one of the best-known stories about science, responsibility and the fear of our own creations.
How it is celebrated: people hold movie nights with film adaptations, reread the novel, play spooky board games and dress up in the style of classic horror films. Book lovers also take the chance to remember Mary Shelley herself.
The idea for the novel came in the summer of 1816 by Lake Geneva, when a group of friends including Lord Byron challenged each other to write ghost stories. And Frankenstein is the scientist's name, not the monster's.