Mary Shelley was an English novelist, best known as the author one of the most beloved works of Gothic fiction, Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818).
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley
Frankenstein
Lake Geneva
The Birth of Frankenstein
Prometheus
Inspiration for Frankenstein
Watch
Freddie Fox
Reads Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Film Adaptations
Mary Shelley
From Frankenstein
Online Exclusives
Watch
Miranda Seymour
On Her Biography, Mary Shelley
Watch
Miranda Seymour
On the Scottish Origins of Frankenstein
Watch
Miranda Seymour
On Percy and Mary Shelley’s Partnership
Watch
Miranda Seymour
On Literary Influences in Frankenstein
Watch
Miranda Seymour
On Science in Frankenstein
Watch
Miranda Seymour
On Surprises From Her Research
Watch
Fiona Sampson
On Her Biography, In Search of Mary Shelley
Watch
Fiona Sampson
On Mary’s Family Circle’s Influence
Watch
Fiona Sampson
On the Year Without a Summer
Watch
Fiona Sampson
On Frankenstein and the Creature
Watch
Fiona Sampson
On Mary and the Romantics
Watch
Fiona Sampson
On Surprises From Her Research
Featured book by Mary Shelley
Frankenstein
One of the best-known Gothic novels, Frankenstein is both a haunting, uncanny novel about the dangers and temptations of scientific progress and an enduring investigation into what it means to be truly human. Obsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life by electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear.
Read more