Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
- Length
- 35 mornings, about 2,100 words a reading
About the book
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel by Mary Shelley. She began it in the summer of 1816, when she was eighteen, during a wet season by Lake Geneva, after Lord Byron challenged his guests to write a ghost story. It was first published anonymously in London on January 1, 1818. In 1831 Shelley revised it for a new one-volume edition, adding an introduction about how the story came to her and making many changes, especially in the early chapters. These readings follow the revised 1831 text.
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One reading every morning by 6am ET, for 35 mornings. Enter your email and we’ll send a link to confirm it. Your welcome email comes as soon as you confirm, and day 1 the next morning. A book you’ve stopped before picks up where you left off instead.
