Did You Know?

Back in January 1818, the young Mary Shelley anonymously publishes her iconic gothic novel, Frankenstein, in London, England.   

Shelley began writing her iconic novel when she was only 18 years old. The first edition was anonymously published in London less than two years later. Only 500 copies of the original version were produced and quickly sold out. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which debuted in France in 1823.