Frankenstein - Shelley, Mary
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Frankenstein is the story of an eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein and his creation. Victor undertakes an unconventional experiment, succeeds in creating a living being but with horrifying results. Written by Mary Shelley when she was young, this story is the first science-fiction novel to achieve cult status, and is a bone-chilling read. Victor Frankenstein, born into an affluent Swiss family, seeks knowledge and goes on to explore new fields in science. He ends up creating a ghastly being and hastily abandons it. But his creation, longs for his companionship. The creature is feared and…mehr

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Frankenstein is the story of an eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein and his creation. Victor undertakes an unconventional experiment, succeeds in creating a living being but with horrifying results. Written by Mary Shelley when she was young, this story is the first science-fiction novel to achieve cult status, and is a bone-chilling read. Victor Frankenstein, born into an affluent Swiss family, seeks knowledge and goes on to explore new fields in science. He ends up creating a ghastly being and hastily abandons it. But his creation, longs for his companionship. The creature is feared and hated by everyone because of its monstrous appearance. It is soon filled with hatred for his creator when he realizes why he is abhorred by the society. He then decides to seek him with terrible vengeance and things go spiraling down from there. This conflict between the creator and his creation and its irrevocable consequences form the central theme of Frankenstein
Autorenporträt
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin; 30 August 1797 - 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. After Wollstonecraft's death less than a month after her daughter Mary was born, Mary was raised by Godwin, who was able to provide his daughter with a rich, if informal, education, encouraging her to adhere to his own liberal political theories. When Mary was four, her father married a neighbour, with whom, as her stepmother, Mary came to have a troubled relationship. In 1814, Mary began a romance with one of her father's political followers, Percy Bysshe Shelley, who was already married. Together with Mary's stepsister Claire Clairmont, Mary and Shelley left for France and travelled through Europe. Upon their return to England, Mary was pregnant with Percy's child. In 1816, the couple famously spent a summer with Lord Byron, John William Polidori, and Claire Clairmont near Geneva, Switzerland, where Mary conceived the idea for her novel Frankenstein. The Shelleys left Britain in 1818 for Italy, where Mary Shelley gave birth to a son. A year later, Mary Shelley returned to England and from then on devoted herself to the upbringing of her son and a career as a professional author.