Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a gothic horror by English author Mary Shelley, first published in 1818.

It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who creates a hideous creature in a scientific experiment.

The book is a set of fictional correspondences between Captain Robert Walton and his sister, Margaret Walton Saville.

Walton, while exploring the North Pole, finds a nearly frozen Victor who has been in pursuit of his creature, and as he recovers, he narrates his tale to Walton.