Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus (1818) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797 - 1851)
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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by the
British author Mary Shelley. Shelley wrote the novel when she was
18 years old. The first edition was published anonymously in London
in 1818, and this audiobook is read from that text. Shelley's name
appeared on the revised third edition, published in 1831. The title
of the novel refers to the scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who
learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of
man, but larger than average and more powerful. In modern popular
culture, people have tended to refer to the Creature as
"Frankenstein" (especially in films since 1931), despite this being
the name of the scientist, and the creature being unnamed in the
book itself. Frankenstein is a novel infused with elements of the
Gothic novel and the Romantic movement. It was also a warning
against the "over-reaching" of modern man and the Industrial
Revolution, alluded to in the novel's subtitle, The Modern
Prometheus. The story has had an influence across literature and
popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and
films. It is arguably considered the first fully-realised science
fiction novel and raises many issues still relevant to today's
society. (Summary from Wikipedia.org, adapted by Cori Samuel.)
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