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Author: Mary Shelley
First Published: 1818
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Science fiction—cautionary
Time of Work: The late eighteenth century
Setting: Europe and the great northern polar seas
Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Gothic fiction, Horror literature
Subjects: Justice, Folkloric or magical people, Murder or homicide, Europe or Europeans, Science or scientists, Emotions, Violence, Fear, Eighteenth century, Punishment, Revenge, Identity, Loneliness, Conformity, Life and death, Eccentrics or eccentricities, Horror, Monsters, Mad scientists, Polar regions
Locales: London, England, Ireland, Scotland, Bavaria, Geneva, Switzerland, Alps, Arctic

The Plot

Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus is framed as a series of letters written by polar explorer Robert Walton to his sister, Margaret Saville, who is home in England. He relates to her his adventures, including a story told to him by a young man, Victor Frankenstein, whom his ship has rescued from the polar ice.

As a young university student at Ingolstadt, in Bavaria, Frankenstein is determined to find the secret of life. He studies constantly, ignoring his family back in Geneva, Switzerland. He steals body parts from charnel houses and medical...

Frankenstein | Frankenstein

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The Plot

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