Frankenstein

Hardcover, 279 pages

English language

Published Feb. 16, 2004 by Collector's Library.

ISBN:
978-1-904633-42-6
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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.

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Subjects

  • 19th century fiction
  • Classic fiction
  • Horror & ghost stories
  • Literature: Classics