Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus Mary Shelly originally wrote Frankenstein as a short story in 1816. Her and three others made a bet as to who could write the best horror story, and Shelley decided to write Frankenstein based on reoccurring dreams she was having. After completing the short story, she presented it to her husband, the renowned poet Perry Shelly, who further encouraged her to extend it into a novel, thus the version of Frankenstein …showed first 75 words of 3146 total…

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