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Frankenstein : Or the Modern Prometheus / by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 v.)
- Place of Publication:
- S.l. : The Floating Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus, generally known as Frankenstein, is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley. Shelley started writing Frankenstein when she was 18 and finished when she was 19. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley's name appears on the revised third edition, published in 1831. The title of the novel refers to a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average and more powerful.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 9781877527340
- 1877527343
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