Frankenstein, a combination of Gothic horror and science fiction, is a novel written by Mary Shelley in 1818. It tells the story of a "mad scientist" who creates a monster from pieces of corpses ...

This is an allusion to the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley in which a scientist creates a living man from human body parts. Biblical allusions. Allusions often refer to the Bible.

Light up some candles and pretend they are torches, today is the birthday of Mary Shelley—author of gothic novel Frankenstein.. Shelley was born in Somers Town, London, in 1797, with the maiden ...