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Synopsis
“Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.”
--- Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, first published in London in 1818, is a novel infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement. It was also a warning against the "over-reaching" of modern man and the Industrial Revolution. The story has had an influence across literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films. Many distinguished authors, such as Brian Aldiss, claim that it is the very first science fiction novel.
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About the Author
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley née Godwin
(1797–1851)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English romantic/gothic novelist and the author of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. She was married to the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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