Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is the world's most famous Gothic novel about eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley's work is considered to be the world's first science fiction, with Frankenstein's monster being a symbol of science gone awry. Shelley's masterpiece has inspired numerous films, plays and other books. This, the 1831 edition, contains the author's final revisions. |
