Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus
When ambition creates life, both creator and creature are consumed by isolation and revenge.
About this book
A brilliant, driven scientist crosses the boundary between life and death to animate a being of his own design, unleashing a chain of events that interrogates the line between creator and creation. The creature he brings into the world is both eloquent and anguished, confronting a society that recoils from his appearance and forcing readers to confront questions of identity, responsibility, and the moral cost of pursuing knowledge at any price. Haunted, atmospheric, and fiercely human, Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece transforms scientific curiosity into a profound meditation on ambition, isolation, and the unforeseen consequences that follow when we play god.