Jan 1, 2010

Frankenstein | Overview

Few works of fiction have captured the public's imagination as Frankenstein has. Several plays, numerous movies, television shows, and even comic strips have been based on it, and generations of children have dressed up as the monster for Halloween. Although originally published over one hundred and fifty years ago, the book is still in print in almost every major language. According to Janet Harris, "since the first year of its publication there has always been, somewhere in the world, a printing press at work turning out still another copy or version of Mary's immortal story."...