Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein by Mary Shelley / Berni Wrightson
Introduction by Stephen King.
At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science.
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.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein by Mary Shelley / Berni Wrightson
Format: Softcover, first edition
Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear, spine has light nicks at ends.
Publishing Info: Marvel, New York, 1983
ISBN: 9780939766758
Introduction by Stephen King.
Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once 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 it to life, he recoils in horror at the creature's hideousness. Tormented by isolation and loneliness, the once-innocent creature turns to evil and unleashes a campaign of 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.
