Frankenstein

*Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus* is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821.

Set in

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  Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland

  Victor Frankenstein's family home; site of William's murder in nearby Plainpalais
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  Ingolstadt, Germany · Germany

  University where Victor studies and creates the creature
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  Chamonix, France · France

  Victor journeys to the Mont Blanc valley after William's death and confronts the creature
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  Orkney Islands, Scotland · United Kingdom

  Victor secludes himself in a remote hut to build a second creature
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  Arkhangelsk, Russia · Russia

  Port where Walton hires his ship and crew before sailing north
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  Arctic Ocean

  Walton's ship becomes trapped in ice; final pursuit and confrontation with the creature
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