EVALUATION OF A CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON FRANKENSTEIN Frankenstein is a fascinating novel that was written by Mary Shelley around the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Frankenstein was the first main literary work by Shelley, which was completed before she was twenty years of age. Frankenstein has been able to gain credit in the nineteenth century, as a pioneering attempt in the progression of the novel as well as a progenitor in the fiction of science. Thus, a critical analysis provided by Prof. Allingham from Lakehead University, is worth evaluating regarding this interesting story.