Frankenstein Or, The Modern Prometheus
- 作者
- 出版社 Random House Publishing Group
- 出版时间 1999年2月
- ISBN 9780375753411
- 定价 67.20
内容简介
Attheageofeighteen，MaryShelley，whilestayingintheSwissAlpswithherloverPercyShelley，LordByron，andothers，conceivedthetaleofDr.VictorFrankensteinandthemonsterhebringstolife.Theresultingbook，Frankenstein;or，TheModernPrometheus，isadarkparablewarningagainsttherisksofscientificandcreativeendeavor，thecorruptinginfluenceoftechnologyandprogress，andthedangersofknowledgewithoutunderstanding.Frankensteinwasaninstantbestselleronpublicationin1818andhaslongbeenregardedasamasterpieceofsuspense，aclassicofnineteenth-centuryRomanticismandGothichorror，andtheprototypeofthesciencefictionnovel.Thoughithasspawnedcountlessimitationsandadaptations，itremainsthemostpowerfulstoryofitskind.
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