Mary Shelley: 327 books

The legendary novel marked the beginning of science fiction literature. It became the basis for a science fiction movie many times. The novel is about scientist Victor Frankenstein. His future was decided when he heard the lecture by professor of chemistry. Professor told, that modern chemists are...

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Frankenstein is a masterpiece of nineteenth-century Gothicism and the prototype of the twentieth-century science-fiction novel. It was conceived in the Swiss Alps in mid-June 1816 after a conversation about bringing corpses to life provoked a nightmare, and was written over the next eleven...

JULY 16, 1833. --This is a memorable anniversary for me; on it I complete my three hundred and twenty-third year! The Wandering Jew?--certainly not. More than eighteen centuries have passed over his head. In comparison with him, I am a very young Immortal. Am I, then, immortal? This is a question...

Die Handlung wird durch eine Mischung aus Briefroman und klassischer Ich-Erzählsituation vermittelt. Viktor Frankenstein erzählt dem Leiter einer Forschungsexpedition, zugleich Eigner des Schiffes, das ihn in der Arktis rettet, seine Geschichte. Der Roman wird so zu einem Lehrstück,...

Frankenstein ist besessen davon, die Ursache von Generation und Leben zu entdecken und leblose Materie zu animieren. Er baut einen Menschen aus gestohlenen Körperteilen zusammen. Nachdem er es zum Leben erweckt hat, schreckt er zurück. Qualifiziert von Einsamkeit und Einsamkeit, verwandelt...

The opening scene of this tale took place in a little village on the southern coast of Cornwall. Treby (by that name we choose to designate a spot, whose true one, for several reasons, will not be given,) was, indeed, rather a hamlet than a village, although, being at the sea-side, there were two...

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck tell the life story of Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the English throne, who claimed to be Richard of Shrewsbury, the second son of Edward IV and one of the so-called...

An English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). Contents Falkner The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck Transformation The Dream On Ghosts

Frankenstein est un roman original à plus d’un titre. Sa première version, publiée sans nom d’auteur, a été écrite par une jeune femme de 19 ans. Le livre est considéré, en outre, comme le dernier roman gothique et comme l’un des tout premiers romans de science-fiction. Il raconte l’histoire...

Par l’auteur du célèbre Frankenstein, Mathilda est un roman mélancolique, romantique, et indéniablement d’inspiration autobiographique. La mère de Mathilda meurt peu de temps après sa naissance, et son père, ne pouvant supporter son chagrin, abandonne l’enfant à une tante et s’enfuit....

Obsédé par la découverte de la cause de la génération et de la vie et par l’animation d’une matière sans vie, Frankenstein assemble un être humain à partir de parties volées de son corps. Après l'avoir rendu vivant, il recule d'horreur. Tourmentée par l'isolement et la solitude,...

Falkner charts a young woman's education under a tyrannical father figure.

Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, is often referred to as one the most important literary works of all time. Adapted and reprinted thousands of times, and often cited as the birth of the gothic novel and the science fiction genre, Frankenstein has captivated readers for centuries. This stunning...