Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus

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Consumed by ambition, the young scientist Victor Frankenstein pieces together a living being from the remains of the dead, only to recoil in horror at what he has made. Abandoned by its creator, the intelligent and articulate Creature learns to speak, to love, and finally to hate, embarking on a campaign of revenge that pursues Victor from the Alps to the Arctic ice. As hunter and hunted trade places, both are drawn deeper into isolation and guilt, and the question of who is truly the monster grows harder to answer. Written by Mary Shelley when she was only eighteen, Frankenstein is the foundational work of modern science fiction and a still-urgent parable about scientific hubris and the responsibilities of creation.

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