Frankenstein (Collector's Edition) (Laminated Hardback with Jacket)

By Mary Shelley

Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket

A driven scientist pushes the boundaries of nature, determined to create life from death. Victor Frankenstein succeeds, but his creation-a living, intelligent being-quickly becomes a nightmare. Faced with rejection and isolation, the creature hunts down his creator, seeking revenge for the life he's been given. What follows is a tense, relentless pursuit that questions the limits of ambition and responsibility.

Frankenstein is a groundbreaking work that helped shape both the science fiction and horror genres. Written in the early 19th century, it reflects the anxieties of the Industrial Revolution and the growing power of science, capturing the fear of human creations spiraling out of control. Mary Shelley's novel is also a pioneering exploration of ethical questions about scientific responsibility, the nature of humanity, and the consequences of unchecked ambition. Its influence continues to resonate in modern discussions of technology, artificial intelligence, and bioethics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1998621030
• ISBN13: 9781998621033
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Revive Classics
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

"Curssed, curssed, creator." - The monster

Victor grew up reading the works of Paracelsus, Agrippa, and Albertus Magnus, the alchemists of the time. Toss in a little natural philosophy (sciences) and you have the making of a monster. Or at least a being that, after being spurned for looking ugly, becomes ugly. So, for revenge, the creature decides that unless Victor makes another (female this time) creature, Victor will also suffer the loss of friends and relatives. What is Victor to do? Bow to the wishes and needs of his creation? Or challenge it to “the death”? What would you do? Although the concept of the monster is good, and the conflicts of the story are well thought out, Shelly suffers from the writing style of the time. Many people do not finish the book as the language is stilted and verbose, for example, when was the last time you said, "Little did I then expect the calamity that was in a few moments to overwhelm me and extinguish in horror and despair all fear of ignominy of death." Much of the book seems like a travel log filler. More time is spent describing the surroundings of Europe than the reason for traveling or just traveling. Many writers use traveling to reflect time passing or the character growing in stature or knowledge. In this story, they just travel a lot. This book is worth plodding through for moviegoers. The record needs to be set straight. The first shock is that the creator is named Victor Frankenstein; the creature is just a "monster", not Frankenstein. It is Victor who is backward, which adds to his doing the impossible by not knowing any better. The monster is well-read in "Sorrows of a Young Werther," "Paradise Lost," and Plutarch's "Lives." The debate (mixed with a few murders) rages on as to whether the monster was doing evil because of his nature or because he was spurned.