Franken Stein

Frankenstein, or the New Prometheus, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, 1818. ISBN 0451527712

Early Science Fiction and Horror book about a doctor who joins different parts of corpses to recreate life. One should not take this description as is, since the book is a classic and touches on different important matters, such as the results of man trying to imitate God.

Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley as a bet about writing the most frightening ghost story. The bet took place at the house of LordByron and with her lover and future husband Percy Shelley. Mary Shelley won.

See the Frankenstein exhibition at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/frankenstein/frankhome.html with the history of the story.

For complete text see http://www.literature.org/authors/shelley-mary/frankenstein/

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