num_pages: 215
description: The Original Gothic-Horror Literary Classic Mary Shelley's deceptively simple story of Victor Frankenstein and the creature he brings to life, first published in 1818, is now more widely read-and more widely discussed by scholars-than any other work of the Romantic period. From the creature's creation to his wild lament over the dead body of his creator in the Arctic wastes, the story retains its narrative hold on the reader even as it spins off ideas in rich profusion.About the Author:Mary Shelley (30 August 1797 - 1 February 1851) was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. She died in London in 1851."This is the definitive collectors edition and is a stunning and impressive uanabridged representation of a classic literary work."- Publisher's Weekly
language: English
title: Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus
titlecomplete: Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus
characters: Alphonse Frankenstein, De Lacey, Safie, Robert Walton, Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein, Elizabeth Lavenza, William Frankenstein, Ernest Frankenstein, The Monster (Frankenstein), Henry Clerval, Agatha, Felix, Justine Moritz
genres: Literature, Science Fiction, Classics, School, Novels, Gothic, Fiction, Horror, Read For School, Fantasy
ratings_count: 1519178
places: Arctic Circle, Germany, Switzerland, Ingolstadt, Geneva
publisher: Penguin Books