also jack-boot (jÄkâ²boÍotâ²) n. 1. a. A stout military boot with a flared top that extends above the knee. b. A stout military boot that has an often studded sole, lacks laces, and extends to mid-calf.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was created in the nineteenth century. This time period has very distinct characteristics in writing and life, many of these characteristics are prominently shown in Frankenstein. The supernatural was very popular in the 1800's this came with romanticism, which was very popular then (Faculty of Humanities, University of Capetown).
Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition of the novel was published anonymously in London in 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared on the second edition, published in France in 1823.