Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

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Frankenstein

'Frankenstein' is a popular classic novel, read by many people, and written by a young woman named Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley. The novel came about being written because Shelley and a friend were taking part in a competition to see who could tell the best ghost story. Mary won this competition, and it even became a best seller with readers who are still fascinated by the storyline today. Shelley was born on August 30th, 1797, in London. Shelley's mother tragically died whilst giving birth to her. Percy and Shelley had met as a teenager and fell in love; he later edited her copy of 'Frankenstein'. It was published on January 1st, 1818 and immediately became a bestseller. Sadly, three of Shelley's four children died in infancy, then her husband drowned. She then became seriously ill and died in London, February 1851.

There are six main characters included in this novel, first of all, Victor Frankenstein, the main character in the novel throughout. He is a Swiss man who attended University, there he learnt about science and was fascinated by the creation of human life, leading to the birth of the creature. The creature himself is