✍︎ About the Author · Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley was an English novelist born in 1797, the daughter of philosopher William Godwin and writer Mary Wollstonecraft. Surrounded by literary and political ideas from an early age, she began writing Frankenstein while still a teenager. First published anonymously in 1818, Frankenstein became her most famous work and one of the most influential novels in English literature. Shelley also wrote novels including The Last Man, as well as travel writing, biographies and essays. She died in 1851.
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Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
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Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, an ambitious young scientist whose desire to uncover the secrets of life leads him to create a living being. Horrified by what he has made, Victor abandons the creature, setting in motion a chain of loneliness, anger and tragedy. Mary Shelley gives both creator and creation powerful emotional voices, turning a tale of scientific experiment into a deeper exploration of responsibility, rejection, ambition and the need for companionship. The creature’s suffering raises difficult questions about who is truly monstrous. Dark, imaginative and intellectually rich, Frankenstein is a landmark of Gothic literature and early science fiction. More than two centuries after its publication, its questions about creation, ethics and human responsibility remain strikingly relevant.
- Genre
- Gothic Fiction / Science Fiction / Horror
- Series
- Nu Voice Paperback Classics
- Binding
- Paperback
- Pages
- 236
- ISBN
- 978-93-80041-11-7
- Combo eligible
- Yes
✍︎ About the Author · Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley was an English novelist born in 1797, the daughter of philosopher William Godwin and writer Mary Wollstonecraft. Surrounded by literary and political ideas from an early age, she began writing Frankenstein while still a teenager. First published anonymously in 1818, Frankenstein became her most famous work and one of the most influential novels in English literature. Shelley also wrote novels including The Last Man, as well as travel writing, biographies and essays. She died in 1851.