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Mister_Sosotris t1_j7uqnqb wrote

Reply to comment by PangeanPrawn in Why do some books blank out arbitrary place names? by PangeanPrawn

Yeah, it’s to make them seem realistic. It’s kind of a weird choice. I don’t think a book like Dracula, which is all letters and articles, uses this technique at all.

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steampunkunicorn01 t1_j7ur8u5 wrote

No, by the time Dracula was written (about 70-80 years after Frankenstein) it had gone out of fashion in both novels and letter writing. I'm not 100% sure when it faded out of style, but it was a common trend that lasted at least until mid-way through the 1800's (for example, it was also done in the American book Uncle Tom's Cabin)

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