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Frankenstein : the Modern Prometheus2009

(Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus)

A Crimson Shadows Origin Story

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821.

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National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
Movie, 2012
Frankenstein
Movie, 1931
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