Frankenstein

Exam board: AQA, Edexcel; Edexcel
Level & Subject: GCSE English Literature; A Level English Literature
Next exam: June 2026
This edition of Frankenstein is perfect for GCSE-level students: it comes complete with the novel, plus an introduction providing context, and a glossary explaining key terms.
'It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.'
Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist with huge ambition, exceeds his own expectations when he manages to create life from an assemblage of dead body parts. Yet he has failed to think through the consequences and responsibilities of his action, with fatal results.
First published in 1818, this genre-defying novel - part gothic tale, part science fiction, part philosophical exploration - invites us to consider whom we sympathise with: the scientist playing God or the monstrous creature he has created.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Mark Roberts is Assistant Principal and teaches English at Tavistock College in Devon. As well as writing for TES magazine on educational issues, he also contributes to emagazine, the magazine for A level English students. His forthcoming book You Can't Revise for GCSE English! Yes you can is published by Collins and Boys Don't Try? Rethinking Masculinity in Schools is published by Routledge.

Zusammenfassung

Exam board: AQA, Edexcel; Edexcel Level & Subject: GCSE English Literature; A Level English Literature Next exam: June 2026

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Collins GCSE, Mary Shelley, Shelley Mary
• Verlag: Collins Reference
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 14 bis 16 Jahre
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9780008325923
• ISBN: 978-0-00-832592-3
• Seiten: 304
• Abmessung: 113 mm x 180 mm x 22 mm
• Serien: Collins Classroom Classics; Collins Classics; Collins Classroom Classics
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Kinder- und Jugendbücher; Englisch; Lektüre, JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, English, EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Classics, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Science fiction (Children's / Teenage), United Kingdom, Great Britain, Interest age: from c 14 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, STUDY AIDS / Book Notes, Horror & ghost stories, chillers (Children's / Teenage), For secondary education, For National Curriculum Key Stage 4 & Gcse, Teachers' classroom resources & material, Teachers’ classroom resources and material, School editions of English literature fiction texts, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary