Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-18512008
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Frankenstein was Mary Shelley's powerful contribution to the ghost stories which she, Percy Shelley, and Byron wrote one wet summer in Switzerland. Its protagonist is a young student of natural philosophy, who learns the secret of imparting life to a creature constructed from relics of the dead, with horrific consequences.
Main title:
Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus / Mary Shelley.
Edition:
[New ed.] / edited with an introduction and notes by M.K. Joseph.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Collation:
xx, 239 p. ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
This ed. originally published: 1969.Includes bibliographical references (p. xvi-xvii).
ISBN:
9780199537167 (pbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
185051