Frankenstein

The first novel of the scientific revolution and, incidentally, the first novel of science fictionFrankenstein appeals to something very primal, but it’s also about profound things, the very nature of life and death and birthHow many fictional characters have made the great leap from literature to mythology; how many creatures of sheer language have stepped from the rhythms of their author’s idiosyncratic voices into what might be called a collective cultural consciousness?The greatest novel of the Romantic movementMary Shelley more than made a name for herself and thrived without a formal education, becoming a trailblazing female writer in a genre still dominated by men today * INDEPENDENT *

Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was the author of five novels and numerous works of short fiction, all steeped in the ideology of the early 19th-century British Romantic era and its progressive themes.

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