Frankenstein

Paperback, 273 pages

English language

Published Dec. 31, 2002 by J.M. Dent & Sons, E.P. Dutton.

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978-0-14-143947-1
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4 stars (37 reviews)

Obsessed with creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life with electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear. Mary Shelley's chilling Gothic tale was conceived when she was only eighteen, living with her lover Percy Shelley near Byron's villa on Lake Geneva. It would become the world's most famous work of horror fiction, and remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity.

Based on the third edition of 1831, this volume contains all the revisions Mary Shelley made to her story, as well as her 1831 introduction and Percy Bysshe Shelley's preface to the first edition. This revised edition includes as appendices a select collation of the texts of 1818 and 1831 together with 'A Fragment' by Lord Byron …

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Review of 'Frankenstein' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

This really is the first time I've picked up the original Frankenstein, and it was not at all what I'd expected, not one bit. Years ago, I'd seen a couple movies based on this classic, but neither version had much resemblance to Mary Shelley's original story. One of the most vivid scenes I can remember seeing in the movies was of Frankenstein's monster being chased by a band of villagers with torches, out to destroy this deformed creature, but nothing of the sort ever happens in the book.

Mary Shelley's story is the tragedy of a life brought into existence without any regard for that life; Frankenstein's monster does not even possess a name, much less the compassion of any other being on earth.

This novel actually begins aboard a ship, with the lonely Captain Walton writing letters to his sister, lamenting his extreme lonliness and lack of friends aboard …

Review of 'Frankenstein ou Le Prométhée moderne' on 'Goodreads'

1 star

Bon, je crois que tout le monde ici connaît à peu près l’histoire : Frankenstein créé un monstre, qui lui échappe et devient son persécuteur. Pour tout dire, j’ai rarement été aussi déçu par un bouquin.
En effet, Frankenstein, au même titre que Dracula, fait partie de l’inconscient collectif. On a tous en tête le visage couturé de ce monstre, créé lors d’une nuit d’orage et qui ne cherche que le meurtre. La réalité de ce livre est tout autre.
Frankenstein est une espèce d’incurable romantique, considérablement attaqué par la mélancolie du XIXème, et qui arrive, on ne sait comment, à créer son monstre.
Aussitôt après la création, ce brave créateur tombe malade devant l’horrible apparence de son monstre et l’abandonne à lui-même. Le temps passe, et les crimes s’ammoncellent, lui permettant de comprendre que c’est sa créature qui les commet.
Bien sûr, avec une grandeur d’âme caractéristique, il passe …

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