OL39172463M
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
- Publisher
- Lulu Press, Inc.
- Published
- 2018
- ISBN-13
- 9781387847839
- ISBN-10
- Unavailable
- Work ID
- OL450063W
Description
*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
Frankenstein (Fictitious character)Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character)FictionVictor Frankenstein (Fictitious character)ScientistsMonstersFiction, horrorFrankenstein (fictitious character), fictionPhysicians, fictionBritish fiction (fictional works by one author)Scientists, fictionGeneva (Switzerland), fictionChildren's fictionHorror storiesFiction, science fiction, generalFiction, generalHorror talesFrankenstein (Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft)Large type booksEnglish fictionStudy guidesExaminationsCriticism and interpretationFiction, gothic