Frankenstein - Softcover

Shelley, Mary

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ISBN 10: 0982954379 ISBN 13: 9780982954379

Publisher: Finisterra Books, 2012

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A new scientific dawn is ushered in as Dr. Frankenstein welcomes his undead creation to life. Yet his triumph turns to dread as he recognizes that he has unleashed a being with passions and abilities far beyond his power to restrain. Created on a dare, Mary Shelley's debut novel Frankenstein remains a bedrock forerunner of the science fiction genre and a cautionary tale in a world of accelerating scientific advance. This edition of Mary Shelley's classic is accompanied by a foreword written by Marisa Swanson. Additional titles by this publisher are available at www.finisterrabooks.com.

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About the Author

Mary Shelley (1797-1851), the only daughter of writers William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, and wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley, is the critically acclaimed author of Frankenstein, Valperga, and The Last Man, in addition to many other works. Mary Shelley s writings reflect and were influenced by a number of literary traditions including Gothic and Romantic ideals, and Frankenstein is widely regarded as the first modern work of science fiction. Today s scholarship of Mary Shelley s writings reveal her to be a political radical, as demonstrated though recurring themes of cooperation and sympathy, particularly among women, in her work, which are in direct conflict with the individual Romantic ideals of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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