Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851)).Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Victor begins by telling of his childhood. Born in Naples, Italy, into a wealthy Genevan family, ...