Frankenstein

图书标准信息

• 作者 Mary Shelley（玛丽·雪莱） 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 1984-05
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553212471
• 定价 20.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 256页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Bantam Classics

【内容简介】

Frankenstein;or,TheModernPrometheusisanovelbyMaryShelley.FirstpublishedinLondon,Englandin1818(butmoreoftenreadintherevisedthirdeditionof1831),itisanovelinfusedwithsomeelementsoftheGothicnovelandtheRomanticmovement.Itwasalsoawarningagainstthe"over-reaching"ofmodernmanandtheIndustrialRevolution.(Thenovel'ssubtitle,TheModernPrometheus,alludestotheover-reachingandpunishmentofthecharacterfromGreekmythology.)Thestoryhashadaninfluenceacrossliteratureandpopularcultureandspawnedacompletegenreofhorrorstoriesandfilms.Manydistinguishedauthors,suchasBrianAldiss,claimthatitistheveryfirstsciencefictionnovel.

"Isawthepalestudentofunhallowedartskneelingbesidethethinghehadputtogether.Isawthehideousphantasmofamanstretchedout,andthen,ontheworkingofsomepowerfulengine,showsignsoflifeandstirwithanuneasy,half-vitalmotion."Asummerevening'sghoststories,lonelyinsomniainamoonlitAlpine'sroom,andarunawayimagination--firedbyphilosophicaldiscussionswithLordByronandPercyByssheShelleyaboutscience,galvanism,andtheoriginsoflife--conspiredtoproduceforMarryShelleythishauntingnightspecter.Bymorning,ithadbecomethegermofherRomanticmasterpiece,"Frankenstein."

Writtenin1816whenshewasonlynineteen,MaryShelley'snovelof"TheModernPrometheus"chillinglydramatizedthedangerouspotentialoflifebegottenuponalaboratorytable.Afrighteningcreationmythforourowntime,"Frankenstein"remainsoneofthegreatesthorrorstorieseverwrittenandisanundisputedclassicofitskind.

【作者简介】

ThedaughterofMaryWollestonecraft,theardentfeministandauthorofAVindicationontheRightofWomen,andWilliamGoodwin,theRadical-anarchistphilosopherandauthorofLivesoftheNecromancers,MaryGoodwinwasbornintoafreethinking,revolutionaryhouseholdinLondononAugust30,1797.Educatedmainlybyherintellectualsurroundings,shehadlittleformalschoolingandatsixteenelopedwiththeyoungpoetPercyByssheShelly;theyeventuallymarriedin1816.

MaryShelly'slifehadmanytragicelements.HermotherdiedgivingbirthtoMary;herhalf-sistercommittedsuicide;HarrietShelly–Percy'swifedr5ownedheselfandherunbornchildafterheranoffwithMary'WilliamGoodwindisownedMaryandShellyaftertheelopement,but–heavilyindebt–recantedandcametothemformoney;Mary'sfirstchilddiedsoonafteritsbirth;andin1822PercyShellydrownedintheGulfofLaSpezia–whenMarywasnotquitetwenty-five.

MaryShellyrecalledthatherhusbandwas"foreverinciting"herto"obtainliteraryreputation."Butshedidnotbegintowriteseriouslyuntilthesummerof1816,whensheandShellyweinSwitzerland,neighbortoLordByron.Onenightfollowingacontesttocomposeghoststories,Maryconceivedhermasterpeicve.Frankenstein.AfterShelly'sdeathshecontinuedtowriteValperga(1823),TheLastMan(1826),Ladore(1835),andFaulkner(1837),inadditiontoeditinghehusband'sworks.In1838shebegantoworkonhisbiography,butowingtopoorhealthshecompletedonlyafragment.

AlthoughshereceivedmarriageproposalsfromTrelawney,JohnHowardPayne,andperhapsWashingtonIrving,MaryShellyneverremarried."IwanttobeMaryShellyonmytombstone,"sheisreportedtohavesaid.ShediedonFebruary1,1851,survivedbyheson,PercyFlorence.

【目录】

Introduction

Authors Introduction

Preface

Frankenstein

Bibliography