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Frankenstein or The modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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*Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus* is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821.
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Mary Shelley
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Published
- 1985
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780192815323
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Crafts & Hobbies, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.76 / 5 (105 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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