Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January , when she was Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in Shelley travelled through Europe in along the river Rhine in Germany, stopping in Gernsheim, 17 kilometres 11 mi away from Frankenstein Castle, where two centuries before, an alchemist engaged in experiments.
She then journeyed to the region of Geneva, Switzerland, where much of the story takes place. Galvanism and occult ideas were topics of conversation among her companions, particularly her lover and future husband Percy B. In , Mary, Percy and Lord Byron had a competition to see who could write the best horror story. After thinking for days, Shelley was inspired to write Frankenstein after imagining a scientist who created life and was horrified by what he had made.
Though Frankenstein is infused with elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement, Brian Aldiss has argued that it should be considered the first true science fiction story. In contrast to previous stories with fantastical elements resembling those of later science fiction, Aldiss states that the central character "makes a deliberate decision" and "turns to modern experiments in the laboratory" to achieve fantastic results.
The novel has had a considerable influence on literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories, films, and plays. Shelley started writing when she was 18 and the novel was published when she was The first edition was published anonymously in London in Shelley's name appears on the second edition, published in The title of the novel refers to a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average and more powerful.
In popular culture, people have tended incorrectly to refer to the monster as "Frankenstein". Frankenstein is infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement.
It was also a warning against the expansion of modern man in the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in the novel's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus.
The story has had an influence across literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films. It is often considered the first fully realised science fiction novel due to its pointed, if gruesome, focus on playing God by creating life from dead flesh. From the creature's creation to his wild lament over the dead body of his creator in the Arctic wastes, the story retains its narrative hold on the reader even as it spins off ideas in rich profusion.
Macdonald and Scherf's edition of Frankenstein has been widely acclaimed as an outstanding edition of the novel—for the general reader and the student as much as for the scholar. The editors use as their copy-text the original version, and detail in an appendix all of Shelley's later revisions. Macdonald and Scherf have now revised and updated their introduction, notes and bibliography, and have added new documents including a review of Frankenstein by Percy Shelley.
Frankenstein Author : Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks Release Date : Genre: Fiction Pages : ISBN 10 : UOM GET BOOK Frankenstein Book Description : Shelley's suspenseful and intellectually rich gothic tale confronts some of the most important and enduring themes in all of literture--the power of human imagination, the potential hubris of science, the gulf between appearance and essence, the effects of human cruelty, the desire for revenge and the need for forgiveness, and much more.
Joseph is of benefit to our students. Darlene J. The inclusion of the apprndices was also useful and thought-provoking. This is a richly morose nightmare of a book, a primer for young readers on the pleasures and dangers of decadent languidness. The first fully illustrated version to use the original text, this handsome volume is destined to capture the imagination of those new to the story as well as those who know it well.
New York Times bestselling illustrator Gris Grimly has long considered Frankenstein to be one of his chief inspirations. From the bones and flesh of the original, he has cut and stitched Mary Shelley's text to his own artwork, creating something entirely new: a stunningly original remix, both classic and contemporary, sinister and seductive, heart-stopping and heartbreaking.
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