Victor frankenstein s experiments with life itself give birth to an extraordinary force with the potential for either good or evil. Heavily influenced by romanticism, it in turn became a highly influential text of the early gothic. The modern prometheus this is a dramatically different story than the one prevalent and accepted as frankenstein in popular culture. The first edition was published anonymously in london in. Victor frankenstein discovers the secret of animating lifeless matter and, by assembling body parts, creates the monster who has no name in the book. A student discovers the secret of animating lifeless matter and, by assembling body parts.
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