Frankenstein

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

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

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>小说

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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. 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. Introduction

Authors Introduction

Preface

Frankenstein

Bibliography
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