18 books
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1. Frankenstein
Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley. Frankenstein narrates the chilling tale of a being created by a bright young scientist and the catastrophic consequences that ensue. Considered by many to be the first science-fiction novel, the tragic tale of Victor Frankenstein and the tortured creation he rejects is a classic fable about the pursuit of knowledge, the nature of beauty and the monstrosity inherent to man.
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2. The Last Man
A futuristic story of tragic love and of the gradual extermination of the human race by plague, The Last Man is Mary Shelley's most important novel after Frankenstein. With intriguing portraits of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron, the novel offers a vision of the future that expresses a reaction against Romanticism, and demonstrates the failure of the imagination and of art to redeem the doomed characters.
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3. Frankenstein
In the summer of 1816, a young, well-educated woman from England traveled with her lover to the Swiss Alps. Unseasonable rain kept them trapped inside their lodgings, where they entertained themselves by reading ghost stories. At the urging of renowned poet Lord Byron, a friend and neighbor, they set their own pens to paper, competing to see who could write the best ghost story. The young woman, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, took the prize, with her tale of eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Frankenstein became a bestseller and a Gothic classic that still resonates with readers two centuries later. This is the original, 1818 text. In 1831, the more traditionally first "popular" edition in one volume appeared. This version of the story was heavily revised by Mary Shelley who was under pressure to make the story more conservative, and included a new, longer preface by her, presenting a somewhat embellished version of the genesis of the story. This edition tends to be the one most widely r******w but many scholars prefer the 1818 text, arguing that it preserves the spirit of Shelley"s original publication.
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4. Mary Shelley Deluxe Collection
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (born Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. This collection contains her six famous works : Frankenstein The last man The invisible girl The mortal immortal The dream On ghosts This book is well structured, easy to read and compatible with any e-reader, tablet or computer. The reader will go from one novel to another one, one chapter to another one as quick as possible. Shelley's detailed biography is also included in this collection.
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5. The Last Man
The Last Man is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, which was first published in 1826. The book tells of a future world that has been ravaged by a plague. The novel was harshly reviewed at the time, and, except for a 1924 silent film based on it, was virtually unknown – having been eclipsed by Shelley"s more popular works – until a scholarly revival in the 1960s. It is notable in part for its semi-biographical portraits of Romantic figures in Shelley"s circle, particularly Shelley"s late husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.
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6. The Last Man
The Last Man by Mary Shelley. The Last Man is Mary Shelley's apocalyptic fantasy of the end of human civilisation. Set in the late twenty-first century, the novel unfolds a sombre and pessimistic vision of mankind confronting inevitable destruction. Interwoven with her futuristic theme, Mary Shelley incorporates idealised portraits of Shelley and Byron, yet rejects Romanticism and its faith in art and nature.
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7. Frankenstein
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, generally known as Frankenstein, is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley. The title of the novel refers to a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average and more powerful. In popular culture, people have tended to refer to the Creature as "Frankenstein", despite this being the name of the scientist. Frankenstein is a novel infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement. It was also a warning against the "over-reaching" of modern man and the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in the novel's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus. The story has had an influence across literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films. It is arguably considered the first fully realized science fiction novel.
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8. Mathilda
Mathilda, named after its narrator, traces a young woman's troubled life from birth to her premature deathbed. Following her mother's death during childbirth and her father's subsequent abandonment, Mathilda is raised by her aunt in rural Loch Lomond, Scotland. A gifted reader and promising intellectual, she rises from her difficult circumstances to lead a relatively happy childhood. When, at the age of 16, her father reenters her life, the two reconnect and eventually move together to London. As she begins to receive suitors however, her father's strange jealousy and irrational behavior conceal a terrible secret. When he reveals his incestuous desires to Mathilda, she rejects him, resulting in his suicide and leaving her unmarried, orphaned, and financially unstable. Living in self-imposed exile, she befriends the similarly melancholy Woodville, a young widower and poet who does his best to care for her despite her crushing bouts of depression and frequent suicidal thoughts. Mathilda is an emotionally complex and ultimately difficult novella recognized for its controversial themes and for its parallels to Shelley's own tragic life.
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9. Frankenstein 1818 (Illustrated)
“It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld my man completed ..." In the summer of 1816, a young, well-educated woman from England traveled with her lover to the Swiss Alps. Unseasonable rain kept them trapped inside their lodgings, where they entertained themselves by reading ghost stories. At the urging of renowned poet Lord Byron, a friend and neighbor, they set their own pens to paper, competing to see who could write the best ghost story. The young woman, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, took the prize, with her tale of eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Frankenstein became a bestseller and a Gothic classic that still resonates with readers almost two centuries later… This is the original, 1818 text. In 1831, the more traditionally first "popular" edition in one volume appeared.This version of the story was heavily revised by Mary Shelley who was under pressure to make the story more conservative, and included a new, longer preface by her, presenting a somewhat embellished version of the genesis of the story. This edition tends to be the one most widely r******w but many scholars prefer the 1818 text, arguing that it preserves the spirit of Shelley"s original publication.
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10. Mathilda
Mary Shelley wrote this novel to distract herself from her grief after the deaths of her one-year-old daughter Clara in Venice and her three-year-old son William in Rome. Narrating from her deathbed, Mathilda, a young woman barely in her twenties, writes her story as a way of explaining her actions to her friend, Woodville. Her narration follows her lonely upbringing and climaxes at a point when her unnamed father confesses his incestuous love for her. This is then followed by his suicide by drowning and her ultimate death; her relationship with the gifted young poet, Woodville, fails to reverse Matilda's emotional withdrawal or prevent her lonely death.
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11. Frankenstein
Un giovane esploratore, Robert Walton, scrive alla sorella Margareth degli avvenimenti che si susseguono e della storia di un naufrago che si presenta come dottor Victor Frankenstein. Quest'ultimo inizia il suo racconto narrando della sua infanzia e della scomparsa precoce della madre. Caduto in un trauma psicologico, Frankenstein coltiva un sogno impossibile: creare un essere umano più intelligente e di lunga vita. Dopo aver assimilato conoscenze mediche comincia a studiare la decomposizione dei cadaveri, acquisendo la conoscenza che gli permetterà di generare una creatura vivente da materia inanimata. La creatura creata appare deforme e sgraziata, con una forza smisurata, la quale fugge... Il mostro continuerà a seguire Frankenstein a cui ucciderà il fratello e facendo ricadere i sospetti sulla governante. Dopo aver cercato di addossare un omicidio anche al dottor Frankenstein, il mostro uccide anche la moglie di Victor, il quale decide di vendicarsi seguendo le sue tracce per tutto il mondo. Walton scrive un’altra lettera alla sorella, in cui le racconta la morte dell’amico Victor e di come egli avesse promesso di continuare la sua impresa per uccidere il mostro...
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12. Frankenstein. I grandi classici del romanzo gotico
Frankenstein è un romanzo straordinario sotto molti punti di vista. Pubblicato per la prima volta senza il nome dell’autore, fu scritto da una giovane donna di 19 anni. Da molti è considerato come l’ultimo vero romanzo gotico, da tutti come uno dei primi romanzi di fantascienza. La vicenda narrata è quella di uno “scienziato folle”, Victor Frankenstein, che per ambizione smodata, crea un essere umano assemblando pezzi di cadaveri e infondendovi una scintilla di vita. Da qui avrà inizio una serie di sciagure. Sin dalla sua prima pubblicazione, quasi due secoli fa, la storia di Victor Frankenstein e della sua mostruosa creatura ha incantato i lettori e continua ancora oggi a esercitare il suo fascino immutato sulle nuove generazioni. Romanzo carico di un’intensità allucinata, Frankenstein rappresenta una delle più suggestive creazioni della fantasia romantica. **** Mary Shelley nacque a Londra il 30 agosto 1797. Era figlia di William Godwin e della famosa scrittrice Mary Wollstonecraft, che morì pochi giorni dopo averla data alla luce. Mary ebbe un"istruzione inusuale e avanzata per una ragazza del suo tempo: fu educata dal padre e da precettori privati e studiò latino, francese, italiano, greco, storia, letteratura e teologia, . Nel 1812 incontrò il poeta Percy Bysshe Shelley, all"epoca già sposato. Nel 1814 fuggì con lui. Nel febbraio 1815 ebbero una figlia, che morì pochi giorni dopo. Tuttavia, nel gennaio 1816 Mary diede alla luce un altro figlio, William. Nel maggio 1816, Mary, Percy e William si recarono a Ginevra. Fu qui che Mary ebbe l’ispirazione per il suo romanzo Frankenstein, che fu pubblicato nel 1818. Mary sposò Percy il 30 dicembre 1816. Il 2 settembre 1817 diede alla luce un"altra figlia, Clara, che morì il 24 settembre 1818. Il 7 giugno 1819 morì anche William. Tuttavia, il 12 novembre, a Firenze, Mary diede alla luce un altro figlio, Percy Florence Shelley, l’unico poi sopravvissuto ai suoi genitori. Ma la tragedia colpì Mary ancora una volta: nel luglio del 1822 suo marito Percy Shelley morì annegato. Mary ritornò in Inghilterra, dove scrisse altri romanzi, tra cui The Last Man, The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck, Lodore, Falkner e l’opera epistolare Rambles in Germany and Italy. Morì il 1 ° febbraio 1851 all’età di 53 anni.
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13. Frankenstein
Frankenstein, a young student, animates a soulless monster made out of corpses from churchyards and dissecting rooms by means of galvanism. Longing for sympathy and shunned by everyone, the creature ultimately turns to evil and brings dreadful retribution on the student for usurping God’s prerogative…
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14. Frankenstein
The fascination of the Frankenstein myth remains unbroken to this day. Mary Shelley’s exciting masterpiece explores the limits of our imagination and brings to life an eternal dream: the dream of creating a human-like being.After years of experimentation, the ambitious researcher Victor Frankenstein has succeeded in creating an artificial human being from dead matter. But the result of his alchemical experiments shocks him to the core. Horrified, he leaves the being to its fate. His desperate search for closeness and acceptance ends in chaos and devastation. As the creature gradually takes revenge on Frankenstein’s family, he decides to hunt down and kill his creature… The first work of a 19-year-old woman was written as a creepy story to be read to her friends. The young Mary Shelley succeeded in writing one of the most famous novels in world literature, which has been asking questions about man’s responsibility for his creation for 200 years now and is still valid today.Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” is the second great archetype of the modern horror genre besides Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”. In contrast to the Prince of Darkness, Shelley’s main character is not a supernatural being, but an artificially created human being who, through the cruelty and ignorance of his environment, becomes the monster everyone thinks him to be. The really monstrous, on the other hand, are the ordinary people: with their cold hearts and their delusion of having the world under control.A gothic fiction classic and at the same time one of the great moral stories of European literature.The size of the eBook is about 200 pages.
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15. Short Stories by Mary Shelley
The tales and stories in this collection were casually written at different periods and under different influences. As a rule, it may be said that Mary Shelley is best when most ideal, and excels in proportion to the exaltation of the sentiment embodied in her tale. Virtue, patriotism, disinterested affection, are very real things to her; and her heroes and heroines, if generally above the ordinary plane of humanity, never transgress the limits of humanity itself.
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16. Frankenstein ou le Prométhée moderne
"Frankenstein ou le Prométhée moderne" est un roman gothique épistolaire publié anonymement en 1818 par la jeune britannique Mary Shelley. En réalité, "Frankenstein" est né deux ans plus tôt sur les bords du Léman, un jour où Lord Byron proposait à quelques amis, dont le poète Shelley et son épouse Mary, que chacun écrivît une histoire de spectre."Frankenstein" a été considéré a posteriori comme le précurseur de la science-fiction.Victor Frankenstein, scientifique genevois, est recueilli sur la banquise par un équipage faisant route vers le Pôle Nord. Très tourmenté, il livre son histoire au capitaine du bateau : quelque temps auparavant, il est parvenu à donner la vie à une créature surhumaine. Mais celle-ci sème bientôt la terreur autour d'elle...
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17. The Last Man
A post-apocalyptic science fiction novel from the author of Frankenstein. The book tells of a future world that has been ravaged by a plague. In the novel we meet Lionel Verney, the orphan son of an impoverished nobleman. Lionel is originally lawless, self-willed, and resentful of the nobility for casting aside his father. When he is befriended by Adrian, however, he embraces civilization and particularly scholarship. Verney is largely an autobiographical figure for Mary Shelley.
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18. Frankenstein (Annotated)
This is the Annotated Version of the Original Novel. We had annotated this Novel by adding a summary of 40100 words (approx.) which consists of a 50% to 60% summary of the total Novel. Table of Contents added for easier navigation. You can read any chapter or the main summary directly with 1 click if you want to. The Brief description of the novel is as follows:- Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797–1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition published in Paris in 1821. Shelley traveled through Europe in 1815 along the river Rhine in Germany stopping in Gernsheim, 17 kilometers (11 mi) away from Frankenstein Castle, where two centuries before, an alchemist engaged in experiments. She then journeyed to the region of Geneva, Switzerland, where much of the story takes place. The topic of galvanism and occult ideas were themes of conversation among her companions, particularly her lover and future husband Percy B. Shelley. Mary, Percy and Lord Byron had a competition to see who could write the best horror story. After thinking for days, Shelley dreamt about a scientist who created life and was horrified by what he had made, inspiring the novel. Though Frankenstein is infused with elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement, Brian Aldiss has argued that it should be considered the first true science fiction story. In contrast to previous stories with fantastical elements resembling those of later science fiction, Aldiss states the central character "makes a deliberate decision" and "turns to modern experiments in the laboratory" to achieve fantastic results. It has had a considerable influence in literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories, films, and plays. Since the publication of the novel, the name "Frankenstein" has often been used to refer to the monster itself. In the novel, Frankenstein's creation is identified by words such as "creature", "monster", "daemon", "wretch", "abortion", "fiend" and "it". Speaking to Victor Frankenstein, the monster says "I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel" (which ties to Lucifer in Paradise Lost, which the monster reads, and which relates to the disobedience of Prometheus in the book's subtitle). In Shelley's Gothic story, Victor Frankenstein builds the creature in his laboratory through an ambiguous method consisting of chemistry and alchemy. Shelley describes the monster as 8-foot-tall (2.4 m) and hideously ugly, but sensitive and emotional. The monster attempts to fit into human society but is shunned, which leads him to seek revenge against Frankenstein. According to the scholar Joseph Carroll, the monster occupies "a border territory between the characteristics that typically define protagonists and antagonists". Frankenstein's monster became iconic in popular culture and has been featured in various forms of media, including films, television series, merchandise, and video games. His most iconic version is his portrayal by Boris Karloff in the 1931 film Frankenstein.
