There, Margaret, the sun is forever visible, its broad disk just skirting the horizon and diffusing a perpetual splendour. I try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation it ever presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight. Inspirited by this wind of promise, my daydreams become more fervent and vivid. Do you understand this feeling? This breeze, which has travelled from the regions towards which I am advancing, gives me a foretaste of those icy climes. I am already far north of London, and as I walk in the streets of Petersburgh, I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which braces my nerves and fills me with delight. I arrived here yesterday, and my first task is to assure my dear sister of my welfare and increasing confidence in the success of my undertaking. You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. The Heir of Mondolfo (1877) Table of Contents.

She was married to the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English romantic/gothic novelist and the author of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. His most iconic version is his portrayal by Boris Karloff in the 1931 film Frankenstein.

Frankenstein's monster became iconic in popular culture and has been featured in various forms of media, including films, television series, merchandise, and video games. According to the scholar Joseph Carroll, the monster occupies 'a border territory between the characteristics that typically define protagonists and antagonists'. The monster attempts to fit into human society but is shunned, which leads him to seek revenge against Frankenstein. Shelley describes the monster as 8-foot-tall (2.4 m) and hideously ugly, but sensitive and emotional. In Shelley's Gothic story, Victor Frankenstein builds the creature in his laboratory through an ambiguous method consisting of chemistry and alchemy. Speaking to Victor Frankenstein, the monster says 'I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel' (which ties to Lucifer in Paradise Lost, which the monster reads, and which relates to the disobedience of Prometheus in the book's subtitle). In the novel, Frankenstein's creation is identified by words such as 'creature', 'monster', 'daemon', 'wretch', 'abortion', 'fiend' and 'it'. Since the publication of the novel, the name 'Frankenstein' has often been used to refer to the monster itself. It has had a considerable influence in literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories, films, and plays. In contrast to previous stories with fantastical elements resembling those of later science fiction, Aldiss states the central character 'makes a deliberate decision' and 'turns to modern experiments in the laboratory' to achieve fantastic results. Though Frankenstein is infused with elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement, Brian Aldiss has argued that it should be considered the first true science fiction story. After thinking for days, Shelley dreamt about a scientist who created life and was horrified by what he had made, inspiring the novel. Mary, Percy and Lord Byron had a competition to see who could write the best horror story. The topic of galvanism and occult ideas were themes of conversation among her companions, particularly her lover and future husband Percy B. She then journeyed to the region of Geneva, Switzerland, where much of the story takes place.

Shelley traveled through Europe in 1815 along the river Rhine in Germany stopping in Gernsheim, 17 kilometers (11 mi) away from Frankenstein Castle, where two centuries before, an alchemist engaged in experiments. Her name first appeared in the second edition published in Paris in 1821. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. The Brief description of the novel is as follows:- Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797–1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. You can read any chapter or the main summary directly with 1 click if you want to. Table of Contents added for easier navigation. We had annotated this Novel by adding a summary of 40100 words (approx.) which consists of a 50% to 60% summary of the total Novel. This is the Annotated Version of the Original Novel.

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