Facts about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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   A second edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was published in 1823, and a significantly revised third edition followed in 1831.

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   Victor Frankenstein, the scientist protagonist of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, studies at the University of Ingolstadt in Germany.

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   The creature in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is never given a name, a detail often confused due to later stage and film adaptations.

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   Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein at age 18 during the famous 'Year Without a Summer' of 1816, after a ghost story challenge at Villa Diodati.

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   Published in 1818, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is widely regarded as one of the earliest examples of science fiction literature.

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