Frankenstein Or The Modern Prometheus
by Shelley, Mary
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0143566490
- ISBN 13
- 9780143566496
- Seller
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Kingscliff, New South Wales, Australia
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Synopsis
Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus is a Gothic novel written by Mary Shelley in 1818. The story revolves around Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who creates a monstrous creature and immediately regrets his actions, abandoning the creature to its own devices. The creature, seeking acceptance and revenge, terrorizes Victor and those he loves. Themes of ambition, ethics, humanity, and loneliness are explored through Shelley's vivid descriptions of the natural world and her characters' psychological torment. Frankenstein remains a classic of Gothic literature and a seminal work of science fiction. Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin wrote the first draft of her groundbreaking novel in 1816, while on a trip to Lake Geneva with her soon-to-be husband, poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and poet Lord Byron. They were stuck indoors during famously known as the Year Without a Summer.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Haymes & Co. (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B5026
- Title
- Frankenstein Or The Modern Prometheus
- Author
- Shelley, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0143566490
- ISBN 13
- 9780143566496
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- 0143566490, English Literature
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