Mary Shelley

FRANKENSTEIN; OR, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS (ANNOTATED EDITION) - BY MARY SHELLEY "Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus" by Mary Shelley follows the story of Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who becomes obsessed with creating life. He successfully animates a creature from assembled body parts, but horrified by his creation, he abandons it. The creature, intelligent and sensitive, seeks acceptance but faces rejection and isolation. This leads him...

Mary Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, often known as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, travel writer, and editor of the works of her husband, Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. She was the daughter of the political philosopher William Godwin and the writer, philosopher, and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. Mary Shelley was taken seriously as a writer in...

A young scientist has created a living being out of dead flesh and bone. His creation, however, turns out to be a frightful monster! Now, Victor Frankenstein must stop his creation before the monster's loneliness turns to violence. These reader-favorite tiles are now updated for enhanced Common Core State Standards support, including discussion and writing prompts developed by a Common Core expert, an expanded introduction, bolded glossary words and...

El audiolibro "Frankenstein" de Mary Shelley narra la historia del joven científico Víctor Frankenstein, quien obsesionado con la idea de trascender los límites de la ciencia y la vida, decide crear un ser humano a partir de restos de cadáveres. Sin embargo, al dar vida a su creación, se horroriza ante la monstruosidad que ha creado y la abandona a su suerte. El monstruo, rechazado por su creador y por la sociedad, se sumerge en un viaje de autodescubrimiento...

Tales and Stories (1891) is a collection of short fiction by Mary Shelley. Despite her reputation as one of the foremost English novelists of the nineteenth century, Shelley also wrote numerous stories for magazines and other publications, earning a reputation as a gifted storyteller in all forms of fiction. In "The Sisters of Albano," a traveler resting on the banks of an Italian lake strikes up a conversation with a beautiful Countess. Inspired...

Beim Versuch eine nordöstliche Seepassage zum Nordpol zu entdecken, gerät das Schiff des englischen Abenteurers Robert Walton ins Packeis. Doch Walton hält fanatisch an seinem Vorhaben fest und ist bereit das Leben seiner Mannschaft und auch sein eigenes zu opfern, um sein utopisches Ziel in die Tat umzusetzen. Da taucht unvermittelt ein Mann auf, der die Eiswüsten des Nordens zu Fuß durchwandert hat. Mehr tot als lebendig verfolgt er eine dämonische...

Embark on an epic journey with one of literature's most profound creations! Our Original Editions for 'Frankenstein' are meticulously structured to maintain the novel's original language as crafted by Mary Shelley, while incorporating passage markers that harmonize content across our editions. These markers act as a conduit, linking students with the Adaptive Versions, available in both print and digital formats, to unravel the depths of Shelley's...

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley beckons readers into a realm where scientific curiosity meets the dark depths of the human soul. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant and ambitious young scientist, becomes consumed by an insatiable desire to unlock the secrets of life. In his daring experiment, he stitches together a creature from disparate body parts and animates it with a spark of life. However, as the newly-formed...

PREPARADOS PARA LIDAR COM AS CONSEQUÊNCIAS DE SUA ARRISCADA CRIAÇÃO. FRANKENSTEIN é um clássico do romantismo inglês do século XIX que retrata, entre outros aspectos, a vida do cientista Victor Frankenstein, ávido por descobrir os segredos da vida e da morte. Considerada a primeira obra de ficção científica da literatura, faz sucesso arrebatador desde o lançamento em 1818. A ideia nasceu durante o verão de 1816, quando Mary Shelley e...

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...