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Frankenstein (1818) - the novel by Mary Shelley
The Creator: Mary Shelley (nee Wollstonecraft) was just 19 when she first conceived of Dr. Victor Frankenstein and his "Creature." She was vacationing in Switzerland with her then-lover Percy Bysshe Shelley, and their host, the Lord Byron, proposed a contest: compose the scariest story. And out of this challenge arose the beginnings of the Frankenstein tale.
Scream Factor: The Frankenstein story has been remade countless times, first in theater and then in film. Nearly two hundred years later, the myth of Frankenstein remains very much alive.
Frankenstein (1818). Photo courtesy of the Everett Collection.











