TY - BOOK AU - Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft TI - Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus SN - 1853260231 PY - 1993/// CY - Ware PB - Wordsworth Classics KW - Monsters KW - Fiction KW - Horror tales N1 - Cover title: Frankenstein. Complete and unabridged. Includes bibliographical references N2 - Mary Shelley''s classic tale of Frankenstein tells the story of a scientist who discovers the secret of generating life from lifeless matter, and puts this knowledge to use by creating a monster being. This classic leaves the reader thinking and was very unusual for its time. The setting is stark and Gothic and contains elements of psychological suspense ER -