Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818 edition), is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley about eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was[...]
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818 edition), is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley about eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was[...]
Mathilda is the finished draft of a short novel by Mary Shelley. Its adult theme, concerning a father?s incestuous love for his daughter and its consequences, meant that the manuscript was suppressed by Shelley?s own father, and not published until 1959, more than a hundred years after her death.[...]
Mary Shelleys legendariska roman Frankenstein, i nyöversättning av Måns Winberg och med efterord av John-Henri Holmberg.
Alla har vi stött på - om inte annat i filmparodier - varianter av historien om den galne vetenskapsmannen och hans ohyggliga skapelse, en varelse konstruerad av [...]
Mary Shelleys legendariska roman Frankenstein, i nyöversättning av Måns Winberg och med efterord av John-Henri Holmberg. Alla har vi stött på â om inte annat i filmparodier â varianter av historien om den galne vetenskapsmannen och hans ohyggliga skapelse, en varelse konstruerad av m�[...]
Den unge Victor Frankenstein är besatt av tanken att skapa liv genom vetenskap och teknologi. Men i samma stund som han gör sitt stora genombrott förvandlas hans dröm om ära och berömmelse till en grotesk mardröm, där hela hans familj hamnar i fara ...
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Victor Frankenstein är besatt av tanken på att ge liv åt något dött. Han bygger en mänsklig varelse. En dag lyckas han väcka varelsen till liv med hjälp av elektriska stötar.
Men efter det lyckade experimentet blir det inte som Frankenstein t[...]
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by British author Mary Shelley about eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was nineteen, and the novel was published when [...]
Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay
To mould me man? Did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?
Epigrammet ovan kan läsas på titelsidan i originalutgåvan av Frankenstein. De retoriska frågorna är tagna ur John Miltons epos Det Förlorade Paradiset där den ur parad[...]
"Men döden kommer inte när den olycklige önskar sig den. Jag hade nyligen återhämtat mig från en dödlig sjukdom, och mitt blod hade aldrig flutit i en så jämn ström, livet hade aldrig fyllt mina lemmar så som nu. Jag kände att min död måste vara frivillig, samtidigt som jag tänkte att[...]
Tiedemies Frankenstein kokoaa ihmisen ruumiinosista hirviön, joka herää henkiin. Kauhukirjallisuuden kulmakivi vuodelta 1918.[...]
Mary Shelley vs. Dracula on 80-luvulla mm. Suuressa Kurpitsassa debytoineen Janne Tervamäen pieni apokalyptinen tieteistarina, jossa ihmiskunnan olemassaolo näyttäytyy suhteellisen hankalana.[...]
"Grimly enlivens the prose while retaining its power to both frighten and engage sympathy for the monster-creator Victor Frankenstein. This is a richly morose nightmare of a book, a primer for young readers on the pleasures and dangers of decadent languidness."-New York Times Book Review Gris Griml[...]
Frankenstein was Mary Shelley's immensely 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 th[...]
Shelley's suspenseful and intellectually rich gothic tale confronts some of the most important and enduring themes in all of literture--the power of human imagination, the potential hubris of science, the gulf between appearance and essence, the effects of human cruelty, the desire for revenge and t[...]
'The last man! I may well describe that solitary being's feelings, feeling myself as the last relic of a beloved race, my companions extinct before me.' Mary Shelley, Journal (May 1824). Best remembered as the author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley wrote The Last Man eight years later, on returning to[...]
Taken from an ancient text found abandoned in a cave, "The Last Man" ends in 2100, "the last year of the world." A devastating worldwide plague has annihilated all of humanity except for one man, who chronicles the world's demise. This novel of apocalyptic horror, originally published in 1826, was r[...]
Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein pioneered the deeply explored battle between monster and man. Follow three narratives in this ageless tale that navigates fear, fixation, love and desire, while finding an anchor in humanity. The combination of fantastical elements and scientific exploration makes[...]
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open[...]
Victor Frankenstein's story is one of ambition, murder and revenge. As a young scientist he pushed moral boundaries in order to cross the final scientific frontier and create life. But his creation is a monster stitched together from grave-robbed body parts who has no place in the world, and his lif[...]
This is one of the best known horror stories ever. Victor Frankenstein, a Swiss scientist, has a great ambition: to create intelligent life. But when his creature first stirs, he realizes he has made a monster. A monster which, abandoned by his master and shunned by everyone who sees it, follows Dr.[...]
The epic battle between man and monster reaches its greatest pitch in the famous story of Frankenstein. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor himself to the very br[...]
Victor Frankenstein is obsessed with the secret of resurrecting the dead. But when he makes a new 'man' out of plundered corpses, his hideous creation fills him disgust.
Rejected by all humanity, the creature sets out to destroy Frankenstein and everyone he loves. And as the monster gets [...]