Subject:  MSR Frankenstein
Author:  Mary Shelley
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Date:  8/10/2002

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Keywords:  Frankenstein, The Modern Prometheus, Mary Shelley, Novel, Story, Etext

Frankenstein, or the modern Prometheus, Mary Shelley, 1818

Why is Frankenstein included with science fiction? Some people cite this novel as the seminal work in the genre. This book appears on many top 100 or top 200 science fiction works of all time.

Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" has inspired literally dozens of film adaptations and sequels, but none compare with the original tragedy of the Creature as told here. The misery and depths of despair he descends to tear uncompromisingly at the reader's heart as he pleads with Dr. Frankenstein: "Remember, that I am thy creature...Everywhere I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded. I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy...."

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851), was a British novelist, biographer and editor. She wrote Frankenstein at the age of 18 in a writing contest between herself and the poets Byron and Shelley.  She later married Shelley.

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