Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and the Birth of Frankenstein

Villa Diodati, a large cream-colored mansion with green shutters and a tiled roof, stands on a landscaped hillside surrounded by trees in Cologny, Switzerland.

Mary Shelley's family tree

The main characters of Frankenstein

Frankenstein: An interactive journey

Portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley by Richard Rothwell, showing her seated with a slight smile, wearing a dark off-the-shoulder dress against a muted background.

Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 film Frankenstein, directed by James Whale, shown in black and white with heavy makeup and bolts on his neck.

Mel Brooks, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Gene Wilder, and Teri Garr pose together in costume on the laboratory set of Young Frankenstein.

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus: Media

Religion battles science, passion begets suffering, and reason clashes with madness in the pages of Mary Shelley’s classic novel

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and the Birth of Frankenstein

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and the Birth of Frankenstein

On January 1, 1818, a small London publisher printed 500 copies of Frankenstein;...

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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

Frontispiece of the 1831 edition of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus...

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley, 1831

Villa Diodati, a large cream-colored mansion with green shutters and a tiled roof, stands on a landscaped hillside surrounded by trees in Cologny, Switzerland.

Where Mary Shelley started Frankenstein

Villa Diodati, a mansion in Cologny, Switzerland. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley began...

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Portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley by Richard Rothwell, showing her seated with a slight smile, wearing a dark off-the-shoulder dress against a muted background.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

English Romantic novelist Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, oil on canvas by Richard Rothwell,...

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Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost

Illustration of Satan by Gustave Doré, from John Milton's Paradise Lost....

From Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by Gustave Dore.

Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 film Frankenstein, directed by James Whale, shown in black and white with heavy makeup and bolts on his neck.

Frankenstein

Boris Karloff as the monster in the film Frankenstein, directed by James...

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Mel Brooks, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Gene Wilder, and Teri Garr pose together in costume on the laboratory set of Young Frankenstein.

Young Frankenstein

Mel Brooks (left) directed Peter Boyle (second from left), Marty Feldman, Gene Wilder,...

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Mary Shelley's family tree

Mary Shelley's family tree

Mary Shelley's family was ingrained in the literary movements of her time.

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The main characters of Frankenstein

The main characters of Frankenstein

Explore the many ill-fated characters of Mary Shelley's Gothic horror masterpiece.

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Frankenstein: An interactive journey

Frankenstein: An interactive journey

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