Width: 120mm

Height: 180mm

Depth: 18mm

144 Pages

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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a classic Gothic novel, considered by many to be one of the first works of science fiction. Published in 1818 by English writer Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, it tells the story of the young scientist Victor Frankenstein who creates a living humanoid creature in a boundary-pushing scientific experiment. It was a fateful 1816 trip through Germany and Switzerland with Shelley’s stepsister, Claire Clairmont, future husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron that led to the creation of Frankenstein and his tragic creature. As the story goes, the group travelled along the river Rhine, stopping near Frankenstein Castle where an alchemist was said to have engaged in mysterious experiments two centuries before. Much of the conversation throughout their travels covered topics such as galvanism (related to electric currents) and the occult, and these influences were on Mary Shelley’s mind as they arrived in Geneva. When Byron suggested a competition to see who could write the best ghost story, Shelley drew upon these experiences, as well as her own feelings of grief and guilt over the loss of a child, to craft her tale.