Victor Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein is the main character in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. He is an Italian-Swiss scientist (born in Naples, Italy) who, after studying chemical processes and the decay of living beings, gains an insight into the creation of life and gives life to his own creature, often referred to as Frankenstein's monster, or often colloquially referred to as simply "Frankenstein". Victor later regrets meddling with nature through his creation, as he inadvertently endangers his own life, as well as the lives of his family and friends, when the creature se ...more

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Prodigal Son (Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, #1)
City of Night (Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, #2)
Dead and Alive (Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, #3)
This Dark Endeavor (The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein, #1)
Frankenstein in Baghdad
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
Lost Souls (Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, #4)
The Dead Town (Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, #5)
Our Hideous Progeny
Such Wicked Intent (The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein, #2)
Frankenstein's Monster
Frankissstein: A Love Story
This Monstrous Thing
Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Mike Carey
We make our own monsters, then fear them for what they show us about ourselves.
Mike Carey & Peter Gross, The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity

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