setting (n.)
[set-ing]
!) the locale or period in which the action of a novel, play, film, etc., takes place
This story takes place in the 18th century (1700's)
Victor Frankenstein was raised in Geneva, Switzerland
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He goes to Ingolstadt, Germany. This is where the monster is created.
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Victor returns to Switzerland while the monster stays in Germany for a time, before his wanderings also take him to Switzerland to find Victor again.