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<b>Frankenstein</b> : The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by <b>Mary Shelley</b>. <b>Frankenstein</b> tells the story of <b>Victor Frankenstein</b>, 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.<br /><br />Since the publication of the novel, the name "<b>Frankenstein</b>" has often been used, erroneously, to refer to the monster, rather than to his creator.