Frankenstein

Gorgeous Collectable Classic. Victor Frankenstein is a man of science obsessed with creation. However, on achieving a miracle, he finds himself horrified by the creature of his own making. The horror classic, with a new introduction, two short stories, a biography and Glossary of Gothic, Victorian & Literary terms.

Info autore

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797–1851) was born in London, to her father the writer William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. Mary's early life was unconventional and by the age of 16 she eloped with the then-married Percy Bysshe Shelley. Amongst their friends were Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Lord Byron, the latter of whom offered the challenge to Mary to write a ghost story which later became Frankenstein.Sarah Faulkner teaches English at the University of Washington. Her main areas of research are Romanticism, 18/19C Literature, Women’s Writing, Scottish Studies, and Book History. As well as her research and teaching interests, she is involved with public humanities and outreach, and in 2018 helped co-ordinate the Frankenreads event at UW, a reading of Frankenstein to celebrate the novel’s 200th anniversary.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mary Shelley, Shelley Mary
• Con la collaborazione di: Sarah Faulkner (Introduzione)
• Editore: Flame Tree Publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 11.03.2025
• EAN: 9781835622742
• ISBN: 978-1-83562-274-2
• Pagine: 416
• Serie: Flame Tree Collectable Classics
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Adventure, FICTION / Thrillers / General, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Horror, Classic fiction, Classic horror & ghost stories