Frankenstein 1818

“You are my creator, but I am your master.” FRANKENSTEIN - MARY SHELLEY (1818)

Frankenstein's monster, also known as Adam, The Creature, The Monster, and often erroneously called simply "Frankenstein", is the main antagonist of the classic gothic horror novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by the late Mary Shelley, and its many adaptations. He is an inhuman creature created by the scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein through a "scientific method" that allowed him to create life from non-living matter. Although he would turn out to be deformed and terrify his…

Flocabulary - Scientific Knowledge & Responsibility. Though Frankenstein is a work of fiction, it brings up very real, crucial questions about ethical responsibility in scientific study. Are potentially harmful scientific experiments ever justified for the sake of new knowledge and discovery? How big of a role should ethics play in the decisions made by scientists? The following lesson addresses these questions, and requires students to examine the role of ethics in modern science.

By Melissa Rhoades On January 1, 1818, the debut novel of a 20-year-old woman was anonymously published in London. Within five years, a second edition was released and a play based on the book premiered. The novel and its spin-offs remained a hit, and in 1910, Edison Studios created the first movie based on Mary […]

frankenstein 1818

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley [Wordsworth Classics 1999 edition]

Legendary Comics and Rocketship Entertainment have announced a new graphic novel adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic horror novel featuring an all-new original design of actor Boris Karloff reimagined as Frankenstein’s creature and produced with the cooperation of Sara Karloff, the late actor’s only child.

Read 68.1k reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Compete 1818 edition Annotated and Illustrated. Esta edición de Frankenstein acompaña la…