Frankenstein, English edition from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Annotated Edition

Category: Bücher
Pages / Format: 224 S
Edit year: 2014
Publishing House: Bloomsbury TradeAlma
Language: Englisch
ISBN: 9781847493507
Edition / Volum: Annotated ed.

The first novel of the scientific revolution and, incidentally, the first novel of science fiction. Brian AldissPart of Alma Classics Evergreens series, this new edition of Frankenstein contains pictures and an extensive section on Shelley's life and works.Since it was first published in 1818, Mary Shelley's seminal novel has generated countless print, stage and screen adaptations, but none has ever matched the power and philosophical resonance of the original. Composed as part of a challenge with Byron and Shelley to conjure up the most terrifying ghost story, Frankenstein narrates the chilling tale of a being created by a bright young scientist and the catastrophic consequences that ensue. Considered by many to be the first science-fiction novel, the tragic tale of Victor Frankenstein and the tortured creation he rejects is a classic fable about the pursuit of knowledge, the nature of beauty and the monstrosity inherent to man.4GBMary Shelley was born Mary Woolstonecraft Godwin in London in 1797 and died in 1851. She was married to Percy Bysshe Shelley. In the summer of 1816 the couple went to Lake Geneva to stay near Lord Byron. It was here that Mary found the inspiration to begin her gothic masterpiece,Frankenstein. Mary's other novels includeThe Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck,Falkner,The Last Man, andMaria. When Mary died she was a recognised novelist and the success ofFrankensteincontinues to endure today.

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