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Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus /

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Frankenstein was Mary Shelley's powerful contribution to the ghost stories which she, Percy Shelley, and Byron wrote one wet summer in Switzerland. Its protagonist is a young student of natural philosophy, who learns the secret of imparting life to a creature constructed from relics of the dead...

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Main Author: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 (Author)
Other Authors: Joseph, M. K. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:[New edition] /
Series:Oxford world's classics.
Subjects:
Frankenstein, Victor > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Frankenstein's Monster > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
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Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Frankenstein was Mary Shelley's powerful contribution to the ghost stories which she, Percy Shelley, and Byron wrote one wet summer in Switzerland. Its protagonist is a young student of natural philosophy, who learns the secret of imparting life to a creature constructed from relics of the dead, with horrific consequences.
Item Description:This edition previously issued in print: 1969.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 239 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780191920967 (ebook) :
DOI:10.1093/owc/9780199537167.001.0001