Mrs Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Books

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

Victor Frankenstein dreams of doing what his scientific peers called impossible; creating life from death. As lightning flashes across the sky, his creature stirs. But will it be the perfect being he imagines, or a monster?

Presents the famous story of a young man who thinks he can change the world by making better human beings. Instead he creates a living monster with a mind of its own. This book contains activities designed to support the KS3 Framework for Teaching English and help students to meet the Framework objectives. schovat popis

Vollständige deutsche, überarbeitete und kommentierte Fassung mit Vorwort zu Autorin und Werk Einer der wichtigsten Schauerromane ("Gothic fiction") der Literaturgeschichte. In einem Atemzug zu nennen mit Dracula oder den Werken von H.P. Lovecraft und Edgar Allan Poe. 1818 unter denkwürdigen Umständen von einer blutjungen 20-jährigen geschrieben, erzählt diese Novelle die Geschehnisse um den genialen Viktor Frankenstein, der einen künstlichen Menschen erschafft. Es ist der Kampf des Menschen mit Gottes Werk. Schliesslich muss auch Frankensteins faustischer Pakt misslingen. Das Monster entkommt. Weltbekannt durch zahlreiche Verfilmungen; die bekannteste mit Boris Karloff in der Rolle seine Lebens. Gelistet in Harenbergs "Das Buch der 1000 Bücher" Umfang: 263 Normseiten bzw. 285 Buchseiten.