Frankenstein

This is a frightening and dark story about a brilliant scientist and his terrible creation. Victor Frankenstein discovered the secret of the origin of life and learned to animate lifeless matter. He dreamed of conquering death and created a monster... from parts of corpses. However, the pursuit of fame and recognition led to horrifyingly tragic consequences...
The idea and the first episodes of the novel «Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus» (1818) arose as an improvisation on a given theme — writing scary stories, initiated by Lord Byron at the Swiss villa Diodati in the summer of 1816, and the image of the monster created by the main character came to the author — the eighteen-year-old Englishwoman Mary Shelley — in a nightmare. However, despite the young age of the budding writer and the almost accidental circumstances of the book's creation, «Frankenstein» was destined to become an event in national and world literature. A classic of science fiction prose, a masterpiece of romantic gothic, an original philosophical novel, a source of iconic images of modern cultural mythology — this is far from a complete list of the common definitions of this impressive literary debut. The tragic plot conceived by the author gave rise to numerous imitations, adaptations, and sequels — in literary prose, drama, theater, and, of course, cinema.