Hauntingly Faustian, Frankenstein is the uncanny tale of dark scientific experimentation and is known as the first science fiction novel. Redefining gothic horror literature, Mary Shelley’s masterpiece observes what it means to be human.
Price range: £7.99 through £14.99
Price range: £7.99 through £14.99
| Author |
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |
|---|---|
| Imprint |
Read & Co. Classics |
| Categories |
Classic Fiction Gothic Fiction Horror & Ghost Stories Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Fiction |
| ISBN | 9781409719823, 9781473394636 |
| Formats Available | |
| Pages | 230 |
| Publication Date | 03 June 2008, 06 May 2015 |
| Weight | 298.4688 kg |
| Dimensions | 5.5 × 8.5 in |
Hauntingly Faustian, Frankenstein is the uncanny tale of dark scientific experimentation and is known as the first science fiction novel. Redefining gothic horror literature, Mary Shelley’s masterpiece observes what it means to be human.
Young scientist Victor Frankenstein pillages graveyards for body parts and organs to fulfil his macabre desire to create life. Piecing together fragments of corpses to fashion the ‘perfect’ human, Frankenstein’s unorthodox experiment plunges into a nightmare when the scientist shocks his creation to life with electricity. The grotesque being that emerges is a monster beyond his creator’s capabilities, and he is sent out into the world alone, confused, and consumed by an uncontrollable hatred for Victor Frankenstein.
First published in 1818, this novel is one of the most impactful tales of the cycle of destruction. Not to be missed by fans of gothic horror.
“The extraordinary work, Frankenstein, a work which has no parallel in modern, or ancient romance, wherein a noble lesson is conveyed through a terrible and mysterious agency, with much of the power and pathos of the Greek poets, would alone have made Mrs. Shelley one of the most popular authors of prose fictions. But her creative genius is not confined to the dark and terrible; she places by the side of awful guilt and suffering; portraits and pictures of innocence in all its bright and sunny joyousness; of gentle affections and tender hopes; of womanhood in its simple glory.” – Bell’s Weekly Messenger, 1835
“One of the best novels it has been of late years our fortune to read. It contains many passages of exceeding gracefulness, of touching eloquence, and of intense feeling.” – Fraser’s Magazine, 1835
“The portraitures of love, suffering, devotion, and beauty, which this delightful work contains, will long linger in all their freshness in the memory of the reader.” – Atlas, 1835
“As a Romance, it possesses all that high wrought excitation, and powerful interest which the materials of the subject cannot fail to command; but as a dramatic representation, it is utterly preposterous, and outrageously terrific; and fit only for the age of superstition, and a nation of barbarians.” – Imperial Weekly Gazette, 1823
Price range: £7.99 through £14.99
Hauntingly Faustian, Frankenstein is the uncanny tale of dark scientific experimentation and is known as the first science fiction novel. Redefining gothic horror literature, Mary Shelley’s masterpiece observes what it means to be human.
