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In an age of gene splicing, stem cell research and Computer Artificial Intelligence, Mary Shelley’s dark gothic tale contains a stark warning message for us all in this modern age. The novel is as much about the struggle that Dr Frankenstein’s creature has with what it means to be human as it does about the creation of life itself. The key takeaway for the reader is just because we can, doesn’t mean we should.
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Frankenstein Synopsis
One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'
Part of a beautiful collection of hardcover classics, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.
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. This chilling gothic tale, begun when Mary Shelley was just nineteen years old, would become the world's most famous work of horror fiction, and remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780241256619 |
| Publication date: |
3rd December 2015 |
| Author: |
Mary Shelley |
| Publisher: |
Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pagination: |
240 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Classic fiction: general and literary
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