Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus

Mary Shelley began work on the 'ghost story' that was to evolve into the most celebrated horror novel in literary history. Frankenstein was published the next year and become the rage of London. In the generations since, the story of Victor Frankenstein and the monster he created has been read by mi...

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Main Author: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Knopf, 1992.
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