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Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus / Mary Shelley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851, author.
- Series:
- Oxford world's classics
- Standardized Title:
- Frankenstein
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
- Frankenstein, Victor.
- Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
- Frankenstein's Monster.
- Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character).
- Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character).
- Genre:
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 239 pages).
- Edition:
- [New edition] / edited with an introduction and notes by M.K. Joseph.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Frankenstein was Mary Shelley's 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 the dead, with horrific consequences.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 1969.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record and publisher information.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780191920967
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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