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In the 18th and 19th centuries, science fictions with an element of horror became quite popular with the masses. At that time, an Englishman named Horace Walpole first introduced horror as a permanent feature in most of his writings during the 1760s. Since then many writers worldwide started writing such stories including science fictions with amazing success. The Frankenstein's monster is one such example that attained worldwide popularity.
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The story of Frankenstein was published in the year 1818 and it had a scientific flavor with imagination. The story is about the creation of a dangerous monster that ultimately destroys its creator. With its elaborate narrations of mystery, horror, outrage, madness and spirit of revenge this character maintains the trend first started by Walpole once. The basic idea behind the creation of the monster was to show the ultimate power of science. That is, how a dead person becomes alive and the subsequent consequences followed it. The traits induced in Frankenstein actually makes it a reactive and suffering creature who wavers between good and evil.
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But do you know who was the creator of Frankenstein - the monster? She was Shelly Mary Wollstonecraft, the daughter of Willian Godwin and second wife of the famous poet P.B. Shelly. She was born on 30th August in the year 1797 in London. She spent much of her writing life editing the works of her husband after his death. Among the novels she wrote, the most famous was Life and Adventure of Castruccio.
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However, in spite of her many notable works, her name is mainly attached to the creature she portrayed in Frankenstein. This novel was later transformed into feature films in many versions all over the world. Mary Shelly died on 1st February in the year 1851, at the age of 54.
Frankenstein the monster still lives through its readers and is read by millions of people everywhere around the globe. It is translated into many languages around the world.
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