Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Frankenstein_by_Mary_Shelley

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:novel
gptkbp:adaptation	gptkb:Frankenstein_(1931_film) gptkb:Mary_Shelley's_Frankenstein_(1994_film)
gptkbp:author	gptkb:Mary_Shelley
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:criticalReception	mixed (at time of publication)
gptkbp:dedicatedTo	gptkb:William_Godwin
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Valperga
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:Gothic_fiction gptkb:science_fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
gptkbp:illustrator	gptkb:Theodore_Von_Holst
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:science_fiction
gptkbp:inspiredBy	1816 summer at Lake Geneva Lord Byron's ghost story challenge
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:legacy	inspired numerous adaptations and reinterpretations considered one of the earliest science fiction novels
gptkbp:literaryPeriod	gptkb:Romanticism
gptkbp:mainCharacter	gptkb:The_Creature gptkb:Victor_Frankenstein
gptkbp:mediaType	gptkb:print
gptkbp:notableQuote	"Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful." "I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel."
gptkbp:openToPublic	yes
gptkbp:originalTitle	gptkb:Frankenstein;_or,_The_Modern_Prometheus
gptkbp:pages	280 (first edition)
gptkbp:precededBy	none
gptkbp:publicationDate	1818
gptkbp:publisher	gptkb:Lackington,_Hughes,_Harding,_Mavor_&_Jones
gptkbp:releaseDate	1818
gptkbp:sequel	none
gptkbp:setting	gptkb:Germany gptkb:Switzerland gptkb:Arctic
gptkbp:subject	alienation revenge tragedy mad scientist artificial life
gptkbp:theme	ambition isolation responsibility creation ethics of science nature vs. nurture
gptkbp:updated	1831
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Frankenweenie gptkb:The_Frankenstein_Chronicles gptkb:Young_Frankenstein gptkb:Frankenstein_(1910_film)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5