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Frankenstein (Oneworld Classics) (Oneworld Classics)

Frankenstein (Oneworld Classics) (Oneworld Classics)

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

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    Paperback 1992

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    Hardcover 1996

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    Paperback 2003

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Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 300
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Oneworld Classics Ltd
Published: 28 Sep 2007
ISBN 10: 1847490239
ISBN 13: 9781847490230

Media Reviews
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is one of the masterpieces of nineteenth-century Gothicism. While stay-ing in the Swiss Alps in 1816 with her lover Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and others, Mary, then eighteen, began to concoct the story of Dr. Victor Frankenstein and the monster he brings to life by electricity. Written in a time of great personal tragedy, it is a subversive and morbid story warning against the dehumanization of art and the corrupting influence of science. Packed with allusions and literary references, it is also one of the best thrillers ever written. Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus was an instant bestseller on publication in 1818. The prototype of the science fiction novel, it has spawned countless imitations and adaptations but retains its original power.
This Modern Library edition includes a new Introduction by Wendy Steiner, the chair of the English department at the University of Pennsylvania and author of The Scandal of Pleasure.
Mary Shelley was born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin in 1797 in London. She eloped to France with Shelley, whom she married in 1816. After Frankenstein, she wrote several novels, including Valperga and Falkner, and edited editions of the poetry of Shelley, who had died in 1822. Mary Shelley died in London in 1851.

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Author Bio
Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was a novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer. She also edited the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley.