Frankenstein - Larger Print Author:Mary Shelley A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator. — Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1818, when she was only 19 years old, as a simple ghost tale -- one, in her own words, "to make the reader dread to look around, to curdle the blood and quicken the ... more »beatings of the heart." Its theme, of a man's revenge against a society that rejects him, is still being exploited in novels of today. Frankenstein is also the source of many Hollywood movies. It remains one of the most chilling horror stories of all time.« less