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本书是一个关于古老世纪的人造生命的故事。弗兰肯斯坦，有着科学家的冷静、疯癫，炼金术士般的诡谲莫测，为了研究生命起源的惊天秘密，他必须先求助于死亡。在古老的实验室里，他上演了最惊悸的造人术。最终他用尸体的零部件拼凑出一个巨大的“科学怪物”。然而，只有让人窒息的恐惧和厌恶充斥着他的心灵，因为一具复活的木乃伊也没有这个怪物那么吓人。他从此掉进了无边无际的恐惧和痛苦的深渊。
面貌狰狞但灵魂善良的“科学怪物”对人充满了善意和好奇，但人类对他的恐惧、厌恶和歧视，使他在孤独和绝望中走向邪恶的复仇。制造生命的人成了被创造物追逐、吞噬的猎物，复仇和猎杀交织，所爱之人一个个笼罩在神秘的死亡阴影里。弗兰肯斯坦怀着满腔怨愤，最终心力交瘁，死在复仇的路上。而“科学怪物”也在痛悔和生不如死的深重绝望中，消失在茫茫无边的黑夜之中。
Frankenstein has had a lasting influence on literary tradition, opening the door to literary horror as a genre, and is widely recognized as the first work of science fiction.
It has been adapted for film, television, and stage, as well as providing the basis for new works of literary fiction. Penned as part of a competition between Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, and John Polidori to see who could write the best horror story, Frankenstein is resonant with themes of love, friendship, hubris, and fear. It presents the epic battle between man and monster, showing that man is not always capable of controlling that which he creates.
Penned by Mary Shelley (1797-1851), Frankenstein is the best-selling Gothic classic about an experiment that goes horribly wrong, and a monster who swears revenge on his creator.
Frankenstein is the classic gothic horror novel which has thrilled and engrossed readers for two centuries. Written by Mary Shelley, it is a story which she intended would ‘curdle the blood and quicken the beatings of the heart.’
The tale is a superb blend of science fiction, mystery and thriller. Victor Frankenstein driven by the mad dream of creating his own creature, experiments with alchemy and science to build a monster stitched together from dead remains. Once the creature becomes a living breathing articulate entity, it turns on its maker and the novel darkens into tragedy.
The reader is very quickly swept along by the force of the elegant prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multi-layered themes in the novel. Although first published in 1818, Shelley’s masterpiece still maintains a strong grip on the imagination and has been the inspiration for numerous horror movies, television and stage adaptations.
Frankenstein was first published anonymously in London in 1818, reflecting English biases towards female authors, and Mary Shelley was not credited as the author of Frankenstein until the French edition was published in 1823.
Frankenstein has had a lasting influence on literary tradition, opening the door to literary horror as a genre, and is widely recognized as the first work of science fiction. It has been adapted for film, television, and stage, as well as providing the basis for new works of literary fiction. Penned by Mary Shelley (1797-1851), Frankenstein is the best-selling Gothic classic about an experiment that goes horribly wrong, and a monster who swears revenge on his creator.
Swiss student Victor Frankenstein uncovers the secret to bringing life to what is lifeless, and in assembling body parts to create a monster, ultimately sets the stage for his own destruction and that of everything that he loves when the monster is rejected by society.
Frankenstein has had a lasting influence on literary tradition, opening the door to literary horror as a genre, and is widely recognized as the first work of science fiction. It has been adapted for film, television, and stage, as well as providing the basis for new works of literary fiction.
Penned by Mary Shelley (1797-1851), Frankenstein is the best-selling Gothic classic about an experiment that goes horribly wrong, and a monster who swears revenge on his creator. Swiss student Victor Frankenstein uncovers the secret to bringing life to what is lifeless, and in assembling body parts to create a monster, ultimately sets the stage for his own destruction and that of everything that he loves when the monster is rejected by society.