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Frankenstein

Also known as The Modern Prometheus

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature from different body parts in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18 and staying in Bath, 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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"Frankenstein" is an 1818 Gothic novel by Mary Shelley that follows Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a intelligent creature from body parts through an unconventional experiment. Written when Shelley was just 18 years old and published anonymously when she was 20, the novel has become a foundational work of science fiction that explores the consequences of scientific ambition.

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It sits within the topics 1810s science fiction novels, 1818 British novels and 1818 debut novels.

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Instance of: literary work
Gender: male
Occupation: scientist
Author: Mary Shelley
Genre: epic
Country of origin: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Followed by: Valperga
Follows: History of a Six Weeks' Tour
Movement: Romanticism
Image: Christie's auction scan of Frankenstein 1818.jpg

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Commons category: Frankenstein (book)
topic's main category: Category:Frankenstein
characters: Victor Frankenstein
title: 弗兰肯斯坦
publication date: 1818-03-11
inception: 1810-00-00
language of work or name: English language
copyright status: public domain
last line: He was soon borne away by the waves, and lost in darkness and distance.
epigraph: Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay<br>To mould me Man, did I solicit thee<br>From darkness to promote me?
first line: You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.
place of publication: London
different from: Frankenstein
references work, tradition or theory: Paradise Lost
work available at URL: standardebooks.org/ebooks/mary-shelley/frankenstein
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
topic has template: Template:Frankenstein
form of creative work: novel
has characteristic: debut novel

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Contents

Plot summary
Author's background
Literary influences
Composition
Frankenstein and the Monster
The Creature
Origin of Victor Frankenstein's name
Modern Prometheus
Publication
Reception
Films, plays, television and comic books
See also
Notes
References
Sources
Further reading
Editions
1818 text
1831 text
Differences between 1818 and 1831 text
External links

Shelley travelled through Europe in 1815, moving along the river Rhine in Germany, and stopping in Gernsheim, away from Frankenstein Castle, where, about a century earlier, Johann Konrad Dippel, an alchemist, had engaged in experiments. She then journeyed to the region of Geneva, Switzerland, where much of the story takes place. Galvanism and occult ideas were topics of conversation for her companions, particularly for her lover and future husband Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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