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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Future_Usual_8698 on 2025-06-06 03:49:00+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the original story of “Frankenstein” was written by an 18 year old runaway and mother, Mary Godwin (“Shelley” after marriage) when her pregnant stepsister’s boyfriend, Lord Byron, created a contest for his friends to write the best ghost story after a cold summer night talking of gruesome things