Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus

Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus was published in 1818. The narrative of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who produces a sapient creature in an unconventional scientific experiment, is told in the film Frankenstein. When Shelley was 18, she began writing the narrative, and the first version was published anonymously in London on January 1, 1818, when she was 20. Her name appears for the first time in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821.

Shelley traveled around Europe in 1815, arriving in Gernsheim, Germany, 17 kilometers (11 miles) near Frankenstein Castle, where an alchemist had conducted experiments two centuries previously. She then traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, where much of the action takes place. Her associates, notably her boyfriend and eventual husband Percy B. Shelley, were interested in Galvanism and esoteric concepts. Mary, Percy, and Lord Byron competed in 1816 to see who could produce the finest horror story. Shelley was inspired to write Frankenstein by envisioning a scientist who created life and was terrified by what he had produced after contemplating for days.

Detailed information:

Author: Mary Shelley
Language: English
Genre: Gothic novel, horror fiction

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