jun 16, 1816 - Lord ByronreadsFantasmagorianato his four house guests at theVilla Diodati,Percy Shelley,Mary Shelley,Claire Clairmont, andJohn Polidori, and inspires his challenge that each guest write a ghost story, which culminated in Mary Shelley writing the novelFrankenstein, John Polidori writing the short storyThe Vampyre, and Byron writing the poemDarkness.
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