Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus. [By M. W. Shelley.] by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Rejected by his creator and humanity, Frankenstein's monster is driven by the primal desire to know love or, if denied that, to inspire fear. By the dim and yellow light of the moon, as it forced its way through the window-shutters, I beheld. Without thinking of the repercussions, he throws himself into realizing his ambition, only to recoil in terror at what he has created. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus, is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley about eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Nick Groom. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant young scientist, discovers the secret to endowing inanimate flesh with life. Dreamed up when the author was only 18 while on holiday in Switzerland with her lover Percy Bysshe Shelley and the poet Lord Byron, Frankenstein is the result of a challenge from Byron to each write their own 'ghost story.' The result was a tale that would become synonymous with horror, that would be the first novel to ask the question, Are there some things man was not meant to know? She eloped with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1814, and they were married two years later.

Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin was the only daughter of the writers William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. This Top Five Classics illustrated edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein includes all 65 hauntingly beautiful, moody, and subtly erotic woodcut illustrations by Lynd Ward from his 1934 edition the unabridged 1831 text of the popular revised edition by Mary Shelley a helpful introduction and a detailed author bio.įrankenstein by Mary Shelley is the foundational text of both the horror and science fiction genres, a classic that has been read, discussed, and adapted in every medium for more than 200 years. Frankenstein Or, The Modern Prometheus Kindle Edition by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 17,613 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 1. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus, novel by Mary Shelley, first published in 1818.

Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus. [By M. W. Shelley.] by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley