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Frankenstein
Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley
1818 Geneva, Switzerland and the Arctic 28 chapters
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About This Book

Driven by ambition, the young scientist Victor Frankenstein uncovers the secret of creating life — then flees in horror from the creature he has made. As his abandoned creation searches for belonging and turns toward revenge, the novel probes ambition, responsibility, and what it truly means to be human.

About the Author

Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was an English novelist and the daughter of philosopher William Godwin and pioneering feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. She began writing Frankenstein at just eighteen, producing what many consider the first true work of science fiction.

Time & Place

Period: 1790s
Setting: Geneva, Switzerland and the Arctic