Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus, generally known simply as Frankenstein, is a novel written by Mary Shelley.
The title of the novel refers to a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average an.
Shelley\'s name appears on the second edition, published in 1831.
The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818.
Shelley started writing when she was 18 and the novel was published when she was 21.
Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus, generally known simply as Frankenstein, is a novel written by Mary Shelley