Frankenstein: or the Modern Prometheus

by Mary Shelley

Overview

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous, sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition of the novel was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared on the second edition, published in 1823.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781987075922
Publisher:	Kim Idynne
Publication date:	05/20/2019
Pages:	150
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.32(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Mary Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.