Frankenstein

English language

Published March 16, 2010 by HarperCollins Publishers Limited.

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978-0-00-738261-3
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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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Subjects

  • British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • Frankenstein (fictitious character), fiction
  • Geneva (switzerland), fiction
  • Scientists, fiction
  • Fiction, horror
  • Fiction, science fiction, general