Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus

431 pages

English language

Published Nov. 19, 2007 by Pearson Longman.

ISBN:
978-0-321-39953-3
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OCLC Number:
64688565

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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.

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  • Frankenstein (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
  • Scientists -- Fiction
  • Monsters -- Fiction
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