Victor Frankenstein leads an idyllic life in Switzerland with his family and friends until a thirst for knowledge sends him off in search of something that no human being has yet attained--the ability to create life. Victor's success soon proves that, through the work of his own hands, he and his family are destined to live a life of pain and suffering.

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Frankenstein de Mary Shelley. Mary Shelley, recién salida de la adolescencia fue la compañera del célebre poeta inglés Percy Shelley, con quien se fugó a Suiza, a pesar de él estar casado. Cuando su esposa se suicidó, los dos amantes contrajeron matrimonio. En una reunión en la que asistió Byron, este último propuso que cada uno escribiera una historia de horror y la joven sorprendió a todos cuando llego con la historia de "Frankenstein,...

The tale of a tormented creature created in a laboratory began on a rainy night in 1816 in the imagination of a nineteen-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Since its publication two years later, Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus has spread around the globe through every possible medium and variation. Frankenstein has not been out of print once in 200 years. "Frankenstein" has become an indelible part of popular culture, and is shorthand for...

Beloved by horror fans across the globe, Frankenstein explores the terror of what happens when humanity plays God. Shattered by grief, the unstable Victor Frankenstein conducts a bizarre experiment, using electricity to galvanize inanimate matter and create an enormous man-like monster. Terrified by his own actions, Victor abandons his creation to the wilderness. Years later, the intelligent albeit hideous Creature finds his creator and poignantly...

Frankenstein SparkNotes Literature Guide by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Making the reading experience fun! When a paper is due, and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter, better, and faster. They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis; explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols; a review quiz; and essay topics. Lively and accessible, SparkNotes is perfect for late-night...

Desde muy pequeño, Víctor Frankenstein siempre se ha interesado por las ciencias. Leía todo lo que caía en sus manos y hacía experimentos en un laboratorio que había construido en su habitación. Sin embargo, uno de esos experimentos se le escapó de las manos. ¡Dio vida a un ser humano! Su intención era crear un amigo con quien poder hablar, pero le salió mal, se asustó y salió corriendo. La criatura se siente diferente y poco aceptada...

Der Roman erzählt die Geschichte des jungen Schweizers Viktor Frankenstein, der an der damals berühmten Universität Ingolstadt einen künstlichen Menschen erschafft.

"There is something at work in my soul which I do not understand." Pushing the limits of science and morality in his search for acceptance and purpose, Victor Frankenstein unleashes on the world a creation that he cannot control. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's gothic novel, A. S. Peterson (The Battle of Franklin) adapts the tale for the stage and creates an experience that will leave you pondering your own sense of belonging...