Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus
AUTHOR:
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851.
ISBN:
9780099593928
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : Vintage Books, 2014.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
231 p. ; 18 cm
ABSTRACT:
One freezing morning, a lone man wandering across the Arctic ice caps is rescued from starvation by a ship's captain. That man is Victor Frankenstein and his story is one of ambition, murder and revenge. As a young scientist he pushed moral boundaries in order to cross the final scientific frontier and create life.
PERSONAL_SUBJECT:
SUBJECT:
| Scientists -- Fiction. |
| Monsters -- Fiction. |
| Horror tales. |
| Gothic novels. |
| Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. |
BIBSUMMARY:
One freezing morning, a lone man wandering across the Arctic ice caps is rescued from starvation by a ship's captain. That man is Victor Frankenstein and his story is one of ambition, murder and revenge. As a young scientist he pushed moral boundaries in order to cross the final scientific frontier and create life.