Book Review of Frankenstein by Marry Shelly - 1691 Words

FULL TITLE: Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus AUTHOR: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley TYPE OF WORK: Novel GENRE: Gothic science fiction, Gothic Horror, Gothic Romance LANGUAGE: English TIME AND PLACE WRITTEN: Switzerland, 1816, and London, 1816–1817 SETTING (TIME): Eighteenth century SETTING (PLACE): Geneva, the Swiss Alps, Ingolstadt, England and Scotland, the northern ice DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: January 1, 1818 OTHER PUBLISHED EDITIONS: 1823 and 1831 PUBLISHER: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, Jones This is the cover of the Novel. It shows the horrific monster created by Victor Frankenstein. The writer explains the monster’s eyes as ‘pale yellow eyes’. The said phrase is used as a symbol in the novel by the†¦show more content†¦His ship gets stranded for a few days when a sheet of ice forms all around it. To his amazement, he and his crew see a gigantic man about 8 feet tall driving a dog sledge across the ice until it disappears in the distance. A little later he sees a normal man chasing the first one. This man is almost dead from exhaustion so they take him on board. The man is victor Frankenstein. Walton becomes friends with him. While Frankenstein is recovering, he tells Walton his story. Frankenstein grew in Geneva. His father had been an important figure in the government and they were well off. Frankenstein went to a famous university where he became very good at science. He figured out s cientifically how to bring something to life and eventually succeeded by using body parts from graveyard mixed with strange chemicals and gave it a Human form. On a rainy night in November he brings it to life. He is so horrified by this creature that he runs away. The next day his friend Henry arrived at university to begin his studies but Frankenstein became ill. Henry spends all winter nursing him. Just as he was getting better in spring, he got a letter telling him his little brother William was murdered so he heads home. After some time, one day Victor went on mountain climbing alone. The monster appeared to him and made him sit down and listen to his story. Then the tale follows a tragedy with story of treachery, love, revenge and finallyShow MoreRelatedMary Shelley Is The Author Of The Famed Novel Frankenstein.1495 Words   |  6 PagesMary Shelley is the author of the famed novel Frankenstein. The era in which Frankenstein was published happened to be one where religion was followed in more of a strict manner than today’s society follows. The monster in the novel was viewed as an abomination not only in its existence, but even as an idea. Although the novel was released unanimously, it was critiqued mostly from a religious standpoint. 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