Shelley never actually wrote that the creature was reanimated from the dead or how it was created, but because of Victor’s studies in alchemy, I think it might have been more a homunculus than a patchwork man.
I remember my college professor telling me Mary Shelley created the story on a rainy afternoon in 1816 in Geneva, Switzerland, where she was staying with her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and their friend Lord Byron. Byron proposed they each write a gothic ghost story, but only Mary Shelley completed hers. The rest is history!
Frankenstein’s monster, the Mummy, the Wolfman, Dracula, as a child theses guys gave me many nightmares. The horror was more exquisite than any of the explicit movies being made now!
GuntherGrass over 5 years ago
Hence, the theme of the Alley Oop reruns!
John Wiley Premium Member over 5 years ago
First published anonymously January 1, 1818. Happy birthday, science fiction!
Masterskrain Premium Member over 5 years ago
“THAT’S FRONKENSTEEN!”
Coyoty Premium Member over 5 years ago
Mary Shelley had no idea what kind of industry her book would become. She created a monster.
DCBakerEsq over 5 years ago
Doesn’t look a day over 199.
WCraft Premium Member over 5 years ago
A classic. But, Frankie – don’t turn around…someone lit a candle…
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
That is the first version. For 1832 it was changed slightly in places. I have an annotated volume of it.
Coyoty Premium Member over 5 years ago
Shelley never actually wrote that the creature was reanimated from the dead or how it was created, but because of Victor’s studies in alchemy, I think it might have been more a homunculus than a patchwork man.
Sisyphos over 5 years ago
Pay attention to the Monster, kiddies! Reading is good for you and MWS’s book is still a great read!
dlkrueger33 over 5 years ago
I remember my college professor telling me Mary Shelley created the story on a rainy afternoon in 1816 in Geneva, Switzerland, where she was staying with her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and their friend Lord Byron. Byron proposed they each write a gothic ghost story, but only Mary Shelley completed hers. The rest is history!
MCProfessor over 5 years ago
Frankenstein’s monster, the Mummy, the Wolfman, Dracula, as a child theses guys gave me many nightmares. The horror was more exquisite than any of the explicit movies being made now!