Mary Shelley waxaa loo yaqaanay dadaalkeeda si ay u daabacdo shaqooyinkii ninkeeda iyo sheekadeeda Frankenstein, taas oo weli si ballaaran loo akhriyo oo dhiirrigelisay waxyaabo badan oo tiyaatar iyo filim. Cilmi-baaristii ugu dambeysay waxay soo saartay aragti ballaaran oo ku saabsan guulaha Mary Shelley. Aqoonyahannadu waxay muujiyeen xiiso sii kordheysa oo ku saabsan wax soo saarkeeda suugaaneed, gaar ahaan sheekooyinkeeda, oo ay ku jiraan sheekooyinka taariikhiga ah ee Valperga (1823) iyo Perkin Warbeck (1830), sheekada apocalyptic The Last Man (1826), iyo labadeeda sheeko ee ugu dambeeya, Lodore (1835) iyo Falkner (1837). Daraasadaha ku saabsan shaqooyinkeeda yar ee la yaqaan, sida buugga safarka ah ee Rambles ee Jarmalka iyo Talyaaniga (1844) iyo qodobbada taariikh nololeed ee loogu talagalay Dionysius Lardner's Cyclopaedia Cyclopaedia (1829-1846), waxay ku doodayaan in aragtida siya
1823 wax ka badan