Frankenstein - Softcover

This edition contains exclusive illustrations. Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was eighteen years of age. Almost immediately a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein. Obsessed with discovering the cause of generation and life and bestowing animation upon lifeless matter, Frankenstein assembles a human being from stolen body parts but; upon bringing the being to life, he is disgusted by the creature's hideousness. Tormented by isolation and loneliness, the once-innocent creature turns evil and unleashes a murderous revenge against his creator, Frankenstein. Frankenstein, an instant bestseller and an important ancestor of both the horror and science fiction genres, not only tells a terrifying story, but also raises profound, disturbing questions about the very nature of life and the place of humankind within the cosmos.