Frankenstein; or the modern prometheus longform

1851. She wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by the time she was 19. The

book was first published in 1818. She was the daughter of two great intellectual rebels of

the 1790’s and her mother wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. After

miscarrying a baby, she had dreams, one of which became chapter 4 of Frankenstein.

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a gothic science-fiction novel told

through the letters of Robert Walton, who, in his letters, quotes Victor Frankenstein’s

first-person narrative at length; Victor, in turn, quotes the monster’s first-person

narrative; in addition, the lesser characters Elizabeth Lavenza and Alphonse Frankenstein

narrate parts of the story through their letters to Victor.

Because there are so many narrators, the point of view shifts with each change of

narrator. From Walton to Victor Frankenstein to Frankenstein’s monster. Then back to

Walton, with a few digressions from Elizabeth Lavenza and Alphonse Frankenstein in the

There are three main characters in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

the actions of Frankenstein, much like checks and balances.

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