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Frankenstein - 65 edition

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Frankenstein (ISBN10: 0451523369; ISBN13: 9780451523365)
ISBN13: 978-0451523365
ISBN10: 0451523369

This edition has also been released as:
ISBN13: 978-0451183774, 978-0451511324, 978-0451520098
ISBN10: 0451183770, 0451511328, 0451520092

Summary: Frankenstein was Mary Shelley's immensely powerful contribution to the ghost stories which she, Percy Shelley, and Byron devised one wet summer in Switzerland. Its protagonist is a young student of natural philosophy, who learns the secret of imparting life to a creature constructed from relics of the dead, with horrific consequences. Frankenstein confronts some of the most feared innovations of evolutionism: topics such as degeneracy, hereditary disease, and mankind ...show more's status as a species of animal. The text used here is from the 1818 edition, which is a mocking expose of leaders and achievers who leave desolation in their wake, showing humanity its choice - to live co-operatively or to die of selfishness. It is also a black comedy, and harder and wittier than the 1831 version with which we are more familiar. ...show less

Edition/Copyright: 65
Cover: Paperback
Publisher: Signet Classics
Published: 12/01/1965

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