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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 Gothic novel in which young scientist Victor Frankenstein creates a sapient creature through an unorthodox experiment — and cannot reckon with what he has made. Mary Shelley began writing it at eighteen; the first edition appeared anonymously in London in 1818. The novel probes what happens when ambition outpaces conscience and a new mind is thrust into a world unprepared for it.
About Frankenstein or 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 a French translation published in Paris in 1821.
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Films like Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus
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Mary Shelley
Traces the love affair between Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin that produced *Frankenstein*.
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Frankenstein
A brilliant, egotistical scientist brings a creature to life — only for creator and creation to destroy each other.
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
A doctor obsessed with bringing the dead back to life creates a monster he cannot control.
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The Horror of Frankenstein
An arrogant scientist builds a man from spare body parts, only for the monster to wreak havoc.
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Victor Frankenstein
An eccentric scientist creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox experiment.
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Frankenstein
Artificially created then abandoned by eccentric scientists, Adam meets only aggression and violence from the world.
Series like Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus
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Frankenstein
A scientist brings life to a creature fashioned from corpses and various body parts.
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Frankenstein's Love
An immortal monster yearns for humans, picking up what the world discards, living forever on its margins.
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The Frankenstein Chronicles
A detective investigates crimes in 19th-century London tied to a scientist intent on reanimating the dead.
More books like Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus
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The Last Man
Mary Shelley's apocalyptic novel traces humanity's story to its devastating end in the late twenty-first century.
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Frankenstein
Discusses the origin of the Frankenstein legend and its portrayal in film, including the 1931 Karloff version.
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Frankenstein
An abridged retelling in which the creature learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.
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Frankenstein
A simplified retelling: scientist builds a monster, the monster escapes, consequences follow.
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The Frankenstein Omnibus
An anthology gathering Shelley's original alongside other tales of reanimation and created life.
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Mary's monster
A free-verse biography of Mary Shelley across over 300 illustrated pages.
Frequently asked
What should I read after Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus?
Mary Shelley's own The Last Man is the natural next step — another haunting, apocalyptic novel from the same author that pushes her Gothic imagination into science-fiction territory.
Are there any good film or TV adaptations of Frankenstein worth watching?
The Frankenstein Chronicles is a strong TV pick, following a 19th-century detective investigating crimes tied to reanimation; for film, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) hews closest to the novel's emotional arc.
What's the best way to learn about how Mary Shelley came to write Frankenstein?
The 2017 film Mary Shelley dramatises her love affair with Percy Shelley and the circumstances that led directly to the creation of the novel, making it a vivid companion piece to the book.