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Frankenstein

内容简介

Frankenstein;or,TheModernPrometheusisanovelbyMaryShelley.FirstpublishedinLondon,Englandin1818(butmoreoftenreadintherevisedthirdeditionof1831),itisanovelinfusedwithsomeelementsoftheGothicnovelandtheRomanticmovement.Itwasalsoawarningagainstthe"over-reaching"ofmodernmanandtheIndustrialRevolution.(Thenovel'ssubtitle,TheModernPrometheus,alludestotheover-reachingandpunishmentofthecharacterfromGreekmythology.)Thestoryhashadaninfluenceacrossliteratureandpopularcultureandspawnedacompletegenreofhorrorstoriesandfilms.Manydistinguishedauthors,suchasBrianAldiss,claimthatitistheveryfirstsciencefictionnovel."Isawthepalestudentofunhallowedartskneelingbesidethethinghehadputtogether.Isawthehideousphantasmofamanstretchedout,andthen,ontheworkingofsomepowerfulengine,showsignsoflifeandstirwithanuneasy,half-vitalmotion."Asummerevening'sghoststories,lonelyinsomniainamoonlitAlpine'sroom,andarunawayimagination--firedbyphilosophicaldiscussionswithLordByronandPercyByssheShelleyaboutscience,galvanism,andtheoriginsoflife--conspiredtoproduceforMarryShelleythishauntingnightspecter.Bymorning,ithadbecomethegermofherRomanticmasterpiece,"Frankenstein."Writtenin1816whenshewasonlynineteen,MaryShelley'snovelof"TheModernPrometheus"chillinglydramatizedthedangerouspotentialoflifebegottenuponalaboratorytable.Afrighteningcreationmythforourowntime,"Frankenstein"remainsoneofthegreatesthorrorstorieseverwrittenandisanundisputedclassicofitskind.

作者简介

ThedaughterofMaryWollestonecraft,theardentfeministandauthorofAVindicationontheRightofWomen,andWilliamGoodwin,theRadical-anarchistphilosopherandauthorofLivesoftheNecromancers,MaryGoodwinwasbornintoafreethinking,revolutionaryhouseholdinLondononAugust30,1797.Educatedmainlybyherintellectualsurroundings,shehadlittleformalschoolingandatsixteenelopedwiththeyoungpoetPercyByssheShelly;theyeventuallymarriedin1816.MaryShelly'slifehadmanytragicelements.HermotherdiedgivingbirthtoMary;herhalf-sistercommittedsuicide;HarrietShelly–Percy'swifedr5ownedheselfandherunbornchildafterheranoffwithMary'WilliamGoodwindisownedMaryandShellyaftertheelopement,but–heavilyindebt–recantedandcametothemformoney;Mary'sfirstchilddiedsoonafteritsbirth;andin1822PercyShellydrownedintheGulfofLaSpezia–whenMarywasnotquitetwenty-five.MaryShellyrecalledthatherhusbandwas"foreverinciting"herto"obtainliteraryreputation."Butshedidnotbegintowriteseriouslyuntilthesummerof1816,whensheandShellyweinSwitzerland,neighbortoLordByron.Onenightfollowingacontesttocomposeghoststories,Maryconceivedhermasterpeicve.Frankenstein.AfterShelly'sdeathshecontinuedtowriteValperga(1823),TheLastMan(1826),Ladore(1835),andFaulkner(1837),inadditiontoeditinghehusband'sworks.In1838shebegantoworkonhisbiography,butowingtopoorhealthshecompletedonlyafragment.AlthoughshereceivedmarriageproposalsfromTrelawney,JohnHowardPayne,andperhapsWashingtonIrving,MaryShellyneverremarried."IwanttobeMaryShellyonmytombstone,"sheisreportedtohavesaid.ShediedonFebruary1,1851,survivedbyheson,PercyFlorence.

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