Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus
by: Mary Shelley
" It was on a dreary night of November,
that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that
almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being
into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally
against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light,
I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel by Mary Shelley. First published in London in 1817
(but more often read in the revised third edition of 1831), it is a novel infused with some elements of the
Gothic novel and the Romantic movement. It was also a warning against the "over-reaching" of modern man and
the Industrial Revolution. (The novel's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus, alludes to the over-reaching and
punishment of the character from Greek mythology.) The story has had an influence across literature and popular
culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films. Many distinguished authors, such as Brian
Aldiss, claim that it is the very first science fiction novel.
Included in this volume are the complete 1817 1st Edition and the 1831 Revised 3rd Edition (verbatim),
compiled into an easy to search and navigate eBook.
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