Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
About this book
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.
Subjects
- british and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
- british fiction (fictional works by one author)
- classic fiction
- classic science fiction
- english fiction
- english fiction (collections), 19th century
- english horror tales
- english literature
- english science fiction
- fiction
- fiction, general
- fiction, gothic
- fiction, historical, general
- fiction, horror
- fiction, science fiction, general
- fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction
- frankenstein (fictitious character)
- frankenstein (fictitious character), fiction
- frankenstein (shelley, mary wollstonecraft)
- frankenstein's monster (fictitious character)
- geneva (switzerland), fiction
- gothic fiction
- horror and supernatural fiction
- horror fiction
- horror stories
- horror tales
- horror tales, history and criticism
- illustration
- literature and fiction, horror and ghost stories
- literature and fiction, women authors
- literature, history and criticism
- monsters
- monsters, fiction
- monsters in literature
- monstres
- monstrous
- novela
- physicians, fiction
- readers
- reincarnation
- science, experiments, fiction
- science fiction
- science fiction, history and criticism
- science in literature
- scientists
- scientists, fiction
- scientists in literature
- shelley, mary wollstonecraft, 1797-1851
- switzerland, fiction
- victor frankenstein (fictitious character)