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Frankenstein

English · Paperback / Softback

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Obsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life by electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear. Mary Shelley's chilling gothic tale was conceived when she was only eighteen, living with her lover Percy Shelley near Byron's villa on Lake Geneva. It would become the world's most famous work of horror fiction, and remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity.

About the author

Mary Shelley (1797-1851) begann schon als Kind Gedichte und Romane zu verfassen. Noch keine 17 Jahre alt, brannte sie mit dem jungen Dichter Percy Shelley durch und bereiste Europa. Im Jahr ihrer Hochzeit 1816 verbrachten beide den Sommer mit Lord Byron am Genfer See, wo sie Ideen für Schauergeschichten sammelten. Schon zwei Jahre später veröffentlichte Shelley ihren Frankenstein, den Vater aller Gruselromane, dessen Erfolg es ihr ermöglichte, fortan als angesehene Schriftstellerin zu leben.

Product details

Authors Mary Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Mary Shelly
Publisher Penguin Books Uk
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 28.06.2007
 
EAN 9780140623321
ISBN 978-0-14-062332-1
No. of pages 224
Dimensions 110 mm x 179 mm x 6 mm
Weight 124 g
Illustrations édition en anglais
Series Penguin Popular Classics
Pop Classics Original Jackets
Penguin Popular Classics
Subject Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy

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