- Frankenstein - Wikipedia
Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment that involved putting it together with different body parts
- Frankenstein | Summary, Characters, Analysis, Legacy | Britannica
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Gothic horror novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley that was first published in 1818 The epistolary story follows a scientific genius who brings to life a terrifying monster that torments its creator It is considered one of the first science-fiction novels
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Plot Summary - LitCharts
Get all the key plot points of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein on one page From the creators of SparkNotes
- Frankenstein: Study Guide - SparkNotes
From a general summary to chapter summaries to explanations of famous quotes, the SparkNotes Frankenstein Study Guide has everything you need to ace quizzes, tests, and essays
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“This has been, for me, the culmination of a journey that has occupied most of my life,” del Toro told the crowd during the live event “I first read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein as a kid and saw [star of the 1931 adaptation] Boris Karloff in, what became for me, an almost religious state Monsters have become my personal belief system ”
- Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is a novel written in the early 19th century The story explores themes of ambition, the quest for knowledge, and the consequences of man's hubris through the experiences of Victor Frankenstein and the monstrous creation of his own making
- Frankenstein — Study Guide — CliffsNotes
Published in 1818, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a Gothic novel that explores the disaster that ensues after Victor Frankenstein, a natural philosophy student, unlocks creation’s secrets and arrogantly brings to life a monstrous creature His arrogance leads to his loved ones’ deaths and his own and the monster’s misery
- Frankenstein Full Text and Analysis - Owl Eyes
The source text for multiple film, book, and stage adaptations, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein combines the bone-chilling imagery of the Gothic novel with the romantic era’s exploration of the sublime in order to grapple with the question of what hides within human nature
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