Frankenstein
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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature from different body parts in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18 and staying in Bath, 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.
"Frankenstein" is an 1818 Gothic novel by Mary Shelley that follows Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a intelligent creature from body parts through an unconventional experiment. Written when Shelley was just 18 years old and published anonymously when she was 20, the novel has become a foundational work of science fiction that explores the consequences of scientific ambition.
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- Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
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- Title page of Vol. I, first edition, 1818
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- Mary Shelley
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- United Kingdom
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- English
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- Gothic novel, science fiction
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- Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones
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- 280
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- England, Ireland, Italy, France, Scotland, Old Swiss Confederacy, Russian Empire, Holy Roman Empire; late 18th century
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- 823.7
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- Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus
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21 sectionsContents
- Plot summary
- Author's background
- Literary influences
- Composition
- Frankenstein and the Monster
- The Creature
- Origin of Victor Frankenstein's name
- Modern Prometheus
- Publication
- Reception
- Films, plays, television and comic books
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- Editions
- 1818 text
- 1831 text
- Differences between 1818 and 1831 text
- External links
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature from different body parts in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18 and staying in Bath, 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.
Shelley travelled through Europe in 1815, moving along the river Rhine in Germany, and stopping in Gernsheim, away from Frankenstein Castle, where, about a century earlier, Johann Konrad Dippel, an alchemist, had engaged in experiments. She then journeyed to the region of Geneva, Switzerland, where much of the story takes place. Galvanism and occult ideas were topics of conversation for her companions, particularly for her lover and future husband Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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