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Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only
eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a
cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells
the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein.
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.
Frankenstein, an instant bestseller and an important ancestor of
both the horror and science fiction genres, not only tells a
terrifying story, but also raises rofound, disturbing questions
about the very nature of life and the place of humankind within the
cosmos: What does it mean to be human? What responsibilities do we
have to each other? How far can we go in tampering with Nature? In
our age, filled with news of organ donation genetic engineering,
and bio-terrorism, these questions are more relevant than
ever.
Karen Karbiener received a Ph.D. from Columbia University and
currently teaches literature at New York University.
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