# The Origins of Frankenstein Placeholder note, only because I've been bumping into interesting things about this for the past 25+ years. - [[year without a summer acted as a catalyst]] - [[influences on the creation of Frankenstein]] - [[relationships at Villa Diodati, 1816]] - [[Mary Shelley]] - The creature was silent and Igor was added in 1823 in a theatrical adaptation, Presumption; or, The Fate of Frankenstein - **References:** - [[Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford - Frankenstein Versus the Volcano]]