Description
THE STORY
The story that helped shape science fiction
Victor Frankenstein, a gifted young scientist, becomes consumed by the possibility of creating life. When his experiment succeeds, he recoils from the being he has made—and the consequences reach far beyond his laboratory. Told through a layered account of ambition, isolation, and pursuit, Mary Shelley’s novel asks what a creator owes to a creation and what makes a life human.
Why read Frankenstein?
Its haunting atmosphere and complex moral questions make this more than a frightening story. Readers return to it for its empathy, philosophical reach, and enduring warnings about unchecked ambition.
Book details
- Author
- Mary Shelley
- Originally published
- 1818
- Collection
- Mystery & Gothic
- Genre
- Gothic Science Fiction
- Language
- English
- Formats
- Paperback, hardcover & selected EPUB
What makes it memorable
- A landmark of Gothic science fiction
- Questions of responsibility and belonging
- An unforgettable creator-and-creature relationship
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