In the introduction to the 1831 edition of the book, Shelley made her real-life inspiration crystal clear, writing, “Perhaps a corpse would be re-animated: galvanism had given token of such things.”
在这本1831年版的书的序言中,雪莱

实生活中的灵感写得非常清楚,“也许一具尸体会被重新激活: 电疗法给了这样的东西一个象征。”