TY - BOOK AU - Shelley,Mary Wollstonecraft TI - Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus AV - PR PY - 1993/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Science fiction KW - Horror tales KW - Gothic fiction KW - Scientists -- Fiction KW - Monsters -- Fiction KW - Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) -- Fiction KW - Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character) -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein; Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein; There are improved editions of this title, eBook #41445 (1818 ed.) and #42324 (1831 ed.); Release date is 1993-10-01; Judith Boss, Christy Phillips, Lynn Hanninen and David Meltzer. HTML version by Al Haines. Further corrections by Menno de Leeuw; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is a Gothic novel published in 1818. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a living creature from assembled body parts in an unorthodox experiment. When the creature awakens, Victor flees in horror, abandoning his creation. The conscious being must navigate a world that fears him, learning language and seeking connection, only to face repeated rejection. Embittered and alone, the creature confronts his creator with a desperate request that will set both on a dark path of vengeance and tragedy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/84 ER -