Frankenstein. Mary Shelley

About: Frankenstein. Mary Shelley

The world's most famous monster comes to life in this 1818 novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley (1797–1851), a compelling narrative that combines Gothic romance and science fiction to tell of an ambitious young doctor's attempts to breathe life into an artificial man. Despite the doctor's best intentions, the experiment goes horribly wrong in a timeless tale about the hazards of playing creator.