Frankenstein

Introduction:

Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus is a romance and horror story written by Mary Shelley(a British writer that was born in London)and this is considered the first science fiction work. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a student of natural sciences who created a monster in his laboratory. Mary Shelley wrote this story when she was 19 years old, from 1816 to 1817 and it was published in 1818 but recently, the third edition(published in1831) is considered the definitive. When Frankenstein has been published, it has been obtained a lot of sucess and, recently it is considered one of the most important works of the world.

Curiosity of the work Frankenstein:

Mary Shelley affirmed that she inspired herself the name of "Frankenstein" during a dream that she has had. Although she has made public claims about it, the meaning of the name has been a source of speculations.