Frankenstein

or, the modern Prometheus

224 pages

English language

Published Nov. 21, 1983 by Signet.

ISBN:
978-0-451-52336-5
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OCLC Number:
23127227

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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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