Frankenstein

the 1818 text, contexts, nineteenth-century responses, modern criticism

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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.

339 pages

English language

Published Feb. 24, 1996 by W.W. Norton.

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978-0-393-96458-5
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Subjects
  • Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, -- 1797-1851
  • Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century
  • Horror tales, English -- History and criticism
  • Frankenstein (Fictitious character)
  • Scientists in literature
  • Monsters in literature

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