Frankenstein authorship question Frankenstein authorship question The "Frankenstein" authorship question is a debate over the role and the extent of Percy Bysshe Shelley's contributions in the writing of the novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus", published anonymously in London in 1818. Handwriting analyses have shown that some portions of the original manuscript were written in his handwriting. Arguments on the subject range from arguments that he acted strictly as an editor/reviewer (with actual authorship remaining with Mary Shelley) to claims that he was the sole author. The dispute over authorship began as soon as the novel was published anonymously on January 1, 1818
The Modern World (novel) events and frightened of losing his closest friend, he reveals that he has begun to use the drug scolopendium once again. The Modern World (novel) The Modern World is a fantasy/science fiction novel (2007) by Steph Swainston and is the sequel to "The Year of Our War" (2004) and "No Present Like Time" (2005). "The Modern World" is published as Dangerous Offspring in the USA. The first chapter of "The Modern World" is available on Steph Swainston's website The novel is set in the Fourlands, a country in danger of being overrun by large hostile Insects, and follows the exploits