Mary Shelley · 1818 · Novel
Setting: contemporary (late 18th century)
*Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus* is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821.
Source: OpenLibrary
Tags: Frankenstein (Fictitious character)Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character)FictionVictor Frankenstein (Fictitious character)ScientistsMonstersFiction, horrorFrankenstein (fictitious character), fictionPhysicians, fictionBritish fiction (fictional works by one author)
isfdb_id: 9795
openlibrary_id: OL450063W
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