About the novel:
\nOriginal ly published in 1818\, Frankenstein\, or the Modern Prometheu s\, begins with an Arctic explorer rescuing Victor Frankenstein\, who recounts how his obsessive scientific quest led him to assemble a living being from corpses. Repulsed\, he abandoned it\, only for the lonely\, int elligent creature to seek him out\, demanding both compassion and vengeanc e. Combining tragedy\, morality\, social commentary\, and a thoughtful exa mination of the very nature of knowledge\, Shelley crafted a story that\, beyond its incisive commentary on her own milieu\, is widely recognized as the first work of science fiction. \;
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A bout the author:
\nMary Shelley (1797-1851) conceived of \; Frankenstein \;at the age of nineteen when Lord Byron suggest ed that the members of a vacationing party tell ghost stories. The resulti ng novel took over two years to write and can be seen as the brilliant cre ation of a powerful but tormented mind. The story of Frankenstein has endu red nearly two centuries and countless variations because of its timeless exploration of the tension between our quest for knowledge and our thirst for good.
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