The novel has spawned countless stage and screen adaptations, including a new movie starring Oscar Isaac as the titular scientist.

Shelley continued writing her story, Frankenstein, when she returned home to Bath. The anonymously published book opens with a preface recounting this story of how it was written, signed off as "Marlow", the town where it was finished and later published.

It's alive! It's alive! Frankenstein has been in lots of movies, from the classics you know and love, to the amazing cult films you never knew about.

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein reimagines Victor’s tragic childhood, changing his mother’s fate and deepening his obsession with immortality.

Although Mr. del Toro’s film ends with a quote — “The heart will break and yet brokenly live on.” — from Lord Byron, the revenant that continues to haunt us, in all its forms, belongs to Mary Shelley. The creature is alive, eternally morphing upon the silver screen, waiting to acquire a new shape.

But I wanted to make it my own, to sing it back in a different key with a different emotion.” If you’re curious for more takes on the classic science fiction tale, 15 of the best Frankenstein retellings to read now: First,

"Frankenstein" director Guillermo del Toro said there’s a homage to Boris Karloff’s version of Frankenstein’s Monster in his new Netflix original movie adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel, but you’ll have to look for it.

Films and books are bringing back Mary Shelley’s creature, now reflected in modern fears such as humanoid robots, extreme scientific experiments, and the most dangerous technologies