Frankenstein (Shelley - Canon ed.)

Author: Mary Shelley

ISBN: 9781591281993

Binding: paperback

Section: Weird Tales & Ghost Stories

Dr. Frankenstein appears to embody the best of scientific knowledge. What could be more impressive than mastering chemistry and galvanism? But his fanatical experimentation exhibits the worst of human nature as well: pursuit of the divine at the expense of wisdom. Then the tables are turned, and Dr. Frankenstein tries to take life where he once gave it—for Dr. Frankenstein's Monster lives. Written in 1818 by an eighteen-year-old, this Canon Classic is a terrifying Gothic novel, a vivid product of the Romantic movement, and perhaps one of the first works of science fiction.