Frankenstein

Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley

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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.

ISBN: 9782080703200

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"It's pretty clear from Frankenstein that [the author] was in sympathy with [her father's] educational philosophy."

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