Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist obsessed with unlocking the secrets of life, creates a living being from assembled body parts. But instead of the triumph he envisioned, his creation is rejected and cast into isolation.
As the creature learns language and emotion, he experiences profound loneliness, turning his sorrow into vengeance against his creator. Pursued by his own monstrous creation, Frankenstein's life unravels in a chilling spiral of regret and horror.
Frankenstein or A Modern Prometheus is a novel written by Mary Shelley at the age of eighteen. The novel wouldn’t be published for another two years when only 500 copies were printed on cheap paper.
This didn’t stop her novel Frankenstein going on to help shape the science fiction genre, inspiring countless books, films and television adaptations.
