Character created by Mary Shelley in her eponymous book.
The Somers Town Mural supposedly shows "Head of Frankenstein". We can't see it in the mural but suspect that the head of Frankenstein's monster is what is actually depicted - a common error that we have smugly avoided in our picture.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Frankenstein
English Heritage Mary Shelley, 1797-1851, author of Frankenstein, lived here,...
After their elopement in July 1814 the Shelleys lived here with Claire Clairm...
This mural was commissioned by the GLC in 1980 and moved to this site by St P...
Character created by Charles Dickens in his novel Oliver Twist, first published 1838.
One of Charles Dickens characters from David Copperfield (1850), based on Dickens' own father.
Fictitious aunt of the equally fictitious Phileas Fogg who is the central character in the novel 'Around the World in Eighty Days' by Jules Verne.
Titular character in the novel by Daniel Defoe published in 1719. See also Friday.
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