<P> 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 . Shelley started writing the story when she was 18 , and the first edition of the novel was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818 , when she was 20 . Her name first appeared on the second edition , published in France in 1823 . </P>
<P> 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 . Shelley started writing the story when she was 18 , and the first edition of the novel was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818 , when she was 20 . Her name first appeared on the second edition , published in France in 1823 . </P>
when was mary shelley 's frankenstein first published
when was mary shelley 's frankenstein first published
1 January 1818
1 January 1818