Publisher's Synopsis
FRANKENSTEINFrankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus is a classic gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a Horror Fiction Novel, written by Mary Shelley (1797 - 1851). It is a story about a young scientist, Victor Frankenstein who created a monster - a hideous, sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Mary Shelley describes the monster as eight foot tall and hideously ugly, but sensitive and emotional. Victor Frankenstein was 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...
