»If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear«

The novel about the young Swiss Victor Frankenstein, who creates an artificial human being, is a rare gem of romantic horror literature: the narrative skill with which the English author turned her subject into a story that remains popular to this day makes her novel stand out far beyond most comparable novels of its era. Hardly any other classic has had as many stage and film adaptations as Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". The text of this edition follows the 1831 revised edition, and is presented as a special edition hardcover embossed with metallic foil and coloured edges.

• A Special Edition Hardcover: Sprayed Edges, Bookmark, Customized Head and Footers and Metallic Embossing
• »It's alive!« from Frankenstein
• »If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!« from Frankenstein

»If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!« from Frankenstein

Autorentext
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (17971851) wurde im englischen Somers Town geboren. 1814 folgte sie dem Dichter Percy Bysshe Shelley auf den Kontinent und lebte dort mit ihm zusammen. Nach dem Tod seiner ersten Frau heiratete sie ihn 1816. Gemeinsam mit Lord Byron unternahmen beide eine Schweizreise, während der der Roman »Frankenstein« entstand. Percy Shelley starb bereits 1822; daraufhin kehrte Mary Shelley nach England zurück und widmete sich ganz der Herausgabe der Werke ihres Mannes.

Zusammenfassung
»If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear«

The novel about the young Swiss Victor Frankenstein, who creates an artificial human being, is a rare gem of romantic horror literature: the narrative skill with which the English author turned her subject into a story that remains popular to this day makes her novel stand out far beyond most comparable novels of its era. Hardly any other classic has had as many stage and film adaptations as Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". The text of this edition follows the 1831 revised edition, and is presented as a special edition hardcover embossed with metallic foil and coloured edges.

• A Special Edition Hardcover: Sprayed Edges, Bookmark, Customized Head and Footers and Metallic Embossing
• »It's alive!« from Frankenstein
• »If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!« from Frankenstein