ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus (1818), is a combination of Gothic horror story and science fiction. The book tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a Swiss student of natural science who creates an artificial man from pieces of corpses and brings his creature to life.

Detailed explanation-2: -Frankenstein, by English author Mary Shelley, tells the story of a monster created by a scientist and explores themes of life, death, and man versus nature.

Detailed explanation-3: -Only a couple of hundred pages long, Frankenstein is an easy read-bar the archaic terminology at some points-that will leave you both haunted, inquisitive and wanting to read again.

Detailed explanation-4: -Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is published. The book, by 20-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, is frequently called the world’s first science fiction novel. In Shelley’s tale, a scientist animates a creature constructed from dismembered corpses.