November Classic: Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

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Description:

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 Gothic novel[[a]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankensteincitenote-2) written by English author Mary Shelley. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature from different body parts in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18 and staying in Bath,[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankensteincitenote-3) and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in a French translation published in Paris in 1821.