What is the best version

C

Explanation:

1 was starting might be slightly better, but it still does not work. You need a pure past tense.

2. Same problem. The dinner did start might work. It's a bit awkward, but it might be enough.

3. Here's your pure past tense. It started unappetizingly.

4.  That's more present than anything. You want C

the answer is:

d. a story that frightened readers so much they would become suspicious of their surroundings

frankenstein is one of the terror novels wrote by the writers in a sort of bet, lord byron challenged them all to write a ghost story, and the story came to mary shelley in a dream, she wanted to conect with the fears of her society, fears of technology and changes, and she wanted readers to look around, freightened.

explanation:

mark brainliest and have a great day!

the correct answer is the first one.