Download or read book Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus written by Mary Shelley and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-14 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797-1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque but sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition of the novel was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20.[1] Her name first appeared on the second edition, published in France in 1823.