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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

About this work
*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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Edition identifiers ISBN-13 9791041419821
Subjects
- Frankenstein (Fictitious character)
- Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character)
- Fiction
- Victor Frankenstein (Fictitious character)
- Scientists
- Monsters
- Fiction, horror
- Frankenstein (fictitious character), fiction
- Physicians, fiction
- British fiction (fictional works by one author)
- Scientists, fiction
- Geneva (Switzerland), fiction

