Question

Read the passage. The Publishers of the Standard Novels, in selecting Frankenstein for one of their series, expressed a wish that I should furnish them with some account of the origin of the story. … I shall thus give a general answer to the question, so very frequently asked me: “How I, then a young girl, came to think of, and to dilate upon, so very hideous an idea?” What is Mary Shelley’s purpose for writing the introduction to Frankenstein?
A) to explain how she wrote a terrifying novel at such a young age.
B) to stop the publishers of the standard novels from making requests.
C) to promote the principles of Charles Darwin and his experiments.
D) to give due credit to lord Byron and others who inspired her novel.

Answer 1

The correct/best answer is A.