Frankenstein 科学怪人：弗兰肯斯坦

DescriptionofthisBookTheOriginalGothic-HorrorLiteraryClassic!MaryShelley'sdeceptivelysimplestoryofVictorFrankensteinandthecreaturehebringstolife,firstpublishedin1818,isnowmorewidelyread-andmorewidelydiscussedbyscholars-thananyotherworkoftheRomanticperiod.Fromthecreature'screationtohiswildlamentoverthedeadbodyofhiscreatorintheArcticwastes,thestoryretainsitsnarrativeholdonthereaderevenasitspinsoffideasinrichprofusion.AbouttheAuthor:MaryShelley(30August1797-1February1851)wasaBritishnovelist,shortstorywriter,dramatist,essayist,biographer,andtravelwriter,bestknownforherGothicnovelFrankenstein:or,TheModernPrometheus(1818).Shealsoeditedandpromotedtheworksofherhusband,theRomanticpoetandphilosopherPercyByssheShelley.HerfatherwasthepoliticalphilosopherWilliamGodwin,andhermotherwasthephilosopherandfeministMaryWollstonecraft.ShediedinLondonin1851.Thisisthedefinitivecollectorseditionandisastunningandimpressiveuanabridgedrepresentationofaclassicliterarywork.-Publisher'sWeekly