October 31

In literary history

• 1831Mary Shelley published the revised popular edition of Frankenstein, toning down the original's radical energy under pressure to make the story more conservative. That she chose October 31 for it is either coincidence or a perfect joke.

Writers born on October 31

• John Keats (1795)

The Daily Canon for October 31

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818).