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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

Mary Shelley

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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-10 9463492518 · ISBN-13 9789463492515

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
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HardcoverApril 10, 2019 · Blossom Books
Cover of Frankenstein
Extent
192 pages
Language
DUT
ISBN-10
9463492518
EAN-13
9789463492515
Edition2022 · Independently Published
Cover not cataloged
Language
DUT
EAN-13
9798802850183
Edition2020 · Independently Published
Cover not cataloged
Extent
135 pages
Language
DUT
EAN-13
9798559478661