Frankenstein: Annotated and Illustrated
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- “You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.” Born from a stormy night of imagination and genius, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) is more than a tale of horror — it is a profound exploration of creation, ambition, and the limits of human responsibility. Written when Shelley was just eighteen, it became one of the most influential works of all time, giving birth to both modern science fiction and the enduring myth of the “mad scientist.” The story follows Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant young scientist who dares to play God. Obsessed with unlocking the secret of life, he assembles a being from dead flesh — only to recoil in terror at his own creation. Rejected and abandoned, the Creature develops intelligence, emotion, and despair, turning his loneliness into vengeance. As creator and creation pursue each other across continents, Shelley confronts readers with haunting questions: What is the cost of knowledge? Who is the real monster — the one made by hands, or the one shaped by neglect? Through its rich Gothic atmosphere and psychological depth, Frankenstein examines the dangers of unchecked ambition, the hunger for acceptance, and the human yearning for love in a world that fears what it does not understand. Shelley’s prose pulses with both horror and heartbreak, offering a vision of man’s endless struggle between reason and passion, creation and destruction. “I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel.” “Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.” Frankenstein endures because it speaks not only to the fears of the nineteenth century, but to the eternal anxieties of progress and isolation that define humanity itself. Open these pages and descend into the storm of creation — where science meets soul, and the line between man and monster fades into shadow. Discover the story that changed literature — and never died.
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