Frankenstein
Frankenstein
One of BBC´s 100 Novels That Shaped
Our World, Frankenstein is the most
famous novel by Mary Shelley: a dark
parable of science misused.Victor
Frankenstein, a brilliant but wayward
scientist, builds a human from dead
flesh. Horrified at what he has done, he
abandons his creation. The hideous
creature learns language and becomes
civilized but society rejects him.
Spurned, he seeks vengeance on his
creator. So begins a cycle of
destruction, with Frankenstein and his
"monster´ pursuing each other to the
extremes of nature until all vestiges of
their humanity are lost. In 1831, Mary
Shelley succumbed to conservative
pressures and toned down elements of
the work this edition presents the work
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