Description
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.Author: Mary Shelley
Publisher: Alma Books
Published: 09/01/2014
Pages: 244
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781847493507
ISBN10: 1847493505
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Gothic
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Science Fiction | General
About the Author
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) was an English author. She was also the wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley, whose works she edited. A political radical, Frankenstein is her most famous work.