Frankenstein
A novel from the series «Novels from World Literature»
A young scientist gives life to a being made from the dead, flees in horror from what he made, and that being becomes his worst enemy.
What you'll learn
- Read the complete story of Frankenstein exactly as Mary Shelley wrote it in 1818
- See how the hunger for knowledge turns into an irreversible tragedy
- Live the creature's own point of view and its suffering in a world that rejects it
- Discover the source of one of the most famous figures in horror and science fiction
- Think through the idea of responsibility for what we create, even with good intentions
About this book
Victor Frankenstein is a young student who dreams of giving life to the lifeless. He succeeds, and stands before a huge creature whose eyes have just opened — then runs from it in terror at what his own hands have done.
The creature is cast out into a world with no mercy for it. Alone, it teaches itself to speak and to feel, then asks its creator for one thing no reasonable being would refuse. Victor's refusal opens a door of revenge that never closes, and a chase begins that runs from the laboratories of Geneva to the ice of the far north.
This is the complete, original text of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, the book that founded horror and science fiction as we know them, still asking the same question after more than 200 years: is the responsibility of creation heavier than the responsibility of death?
Who this book is for
- Lovers of classic world literature
- Readers of horror and science fiction
- Students of English literature
- Anyone who wants the original before any adaptation or film
- Anyone who enjoys a novel that asks a question worth thinking about
Why read this book
- The complete original English text
- The full Arabic translation available as a separate edition
- The 1818 novel that founded science fiction
- A complete chapter index
