Frankenstein enjoyed immediate popularity upon its publication, and has inspired many imitations and versions, including many film versions in the 20th century. ... Film adaptations and bowdlerized versions have reduced Frankenstein's creation to a ludicrous monster and in a sense the world has reacted to the creature in precisely the way the author predicted Although it has been included in the genre of horror tales it is not so much a horror story, but more a tragedy. ... Frankenstein contains elements of two major genre of literature: the gothic and science fiction. ...

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