Frankenstein: Media
fictional character
Videos
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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Images
Frankenstein (1931)
Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein (left) and Boris Karloff as the monster in Frankenstein...
© 1931 Universal Pictures Company, Inc.; photograph from a private collection
Frankenstein
Boris Karloff and Marilyn Harris in Frankenstein (1931), directed by James...
© 1931 Universal Pictures Company, Inc.; photograph from a private collection
Son of Frankenstein
(From left to right) Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, and Bela Lugosi in Son of...
© 1939 Universal Pictures Company, Inc.
Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff as the monster in the motion picture Frankenstein (1931).
© Universal City Studios, Inc.; photograph, Brown Brothers
Interactives
Frankenstein: An interactive journey
Follow the main characters of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus across...
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The main characters of Frankenstein
Explore the many ill-fated characters of Mary Shelley's Gothic horror masterpiece.
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