Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 Gothic novel by Mary Shelley that tells the story of scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a sentient creature in a groundbreaking but tragic experiment, and is widely regarded as a foundational work of science fiction and horror literature.

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instanceOf Gothic novel ⓘ
horror novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
science fiction novel ⓘ
author Mary Shelley ⓘ
centralTheme isolation and alienation ⓘ
responsibility of the creator toward the created ⓘ
the dangers of unchecked scientific ambition ⓘ
the pursuit of knowledge ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creatureCharacteristic physically powerful ⓘ
sentient ⓘ
socially rejected ⓘ
criticalReception considered a classic of Gothic literature ⓘ
considered a classic of horror literature ⓘ
considered a foundational work of science fiction ⓘ
firstEditionFormat three-volume edition ⓘ
firstEditionPublisher Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones ⓘ
genre Gothic fiction ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation Frankenstein (1931 film) ⓘ
linked to: Frankenstein (1931)

numerous film adaptations ⓘ
numerous stage adaptations ⓘ
hasCharacter Alphonse Frankenstein ⓘ
Elizabeth Lavenza ⓘ
Henry Clerval ⓘ
influencedGenre horror literature ⓘ
science fiction literature ⓘ
inspiration 1816 stay at Lake Geneva with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley ⓘ
ghost story competition at the Villa Diodati ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
mainCharacter Frankenstein's creature ⓘ
linked to: the Creature

Victor Frankenstein ⓘ
narrativeFrameCharacter Robert Walton ⓘ
notableFor early depiction of artificial life created by science ⓘ
epistolary narrative frame ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
protagonistField experimental science ⓘ
protagonistOccupation natural philosophy student ⓘ
publicationDate 1818 ⓘ
setting Geneva ⓘ
Ingolstadt ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
the Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region

the Swiss Alps ⓘ
linked to: Swiss Alps
structure frame narrative with multiple embedded first-person accounts ⓘ
subtitle The Modern Prometheus ⓘ

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Mary Shelley → notableWork → Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus ⓘ
Frankenstein (National Theatre production) → basedOn → Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus ⓘ
Frankenstein (National Theatre production) → subject → Victor Frankenstein ⓘ
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Frankenstein (National Theatre production) → subject → the Creature ⓘ
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Frankenstein (National Theatre production) → role → Victor Frankenstein ⓘ
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994 film) → title → Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ⓘ
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994 film) → basedOn → Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus ⓘ
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"Frankenstein" (National Theatre stage production) → basedOn → novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley ⓘ
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Elizabeth Lavenza → appearsIn → Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus ⓘ
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