Written in 1818 by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20.
The story of how Frankenstein came to be is now legend and has grown with each re-telling. The short version is that while traveling through Europe Mary, with her lover and future husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Polidori and Lord Byron there was a bet on who could write the best horror story. Mary's contribution was Frankenstein. John Polidori adapted a story that Lord Byron told into the The Vampyre, which some consider the first true Vampire novel. Percy and Byron never finished their contributions.
Must have been quite the trip!
The book is available for free from Project Gutenberg or Standard Ebooks.
The story of how Frankenstein came to be is now legend and has grown with each re-telling. The short version is that while traveling through Europe Mary, with her lover and future husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Polidori and Lord Byron there was a bet on who could write the best horror story. Mary's contribution was Frankenstein. John Polidori adapted a story that Lord Byron told into the The Vampyre, which some consider the first true Vampire novel. Percy and Byron never finished their contributions.
Must have been quite the trip!
The book is available for free from Project Gutenberg or Standard Ebooks.