Frankenstein -

Mary Shelley

Collector's Library

2010

279 páginas

9h 18m

ISBN-13: 9781904633426

Frankenstein is the most famous novel by Mary Shelley: a dark Faustian parable of science misused that was an immediate success on its publication in 1818.
Purporting to be the record of an explorer, it tells of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but wayward student of science, who builds a human from dead flesh. Horrified at what he has done, he abandons his creation.
The creature, an outcast for his horrific appearance, learns language and and becomes civilized. In time, he attempts to join society but is rejected because he is assumed to have murderous intentions. Spurned, he seeks vengeance on his creator.
So begins a cycle of destruction, with Frankenstein and his 'monster' pursuing each other to the extremes of nature until all vestiges of their humanity are lost in monomaniacal hatred.
In 1831, Mary Shelley succumbed to conservative pressures and toned down the more radical elements of the work. The novel is here presented in its original, unexpurgated form.

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5 (Perfeito)

Perfeito apenas, amei o livro, tem uma escrita simples e poética ao mesmo tempo, com uma narrativa que prende muito facilmente o leitor.
A descrição dos sentimentos de ambos os personagens principais é perfeita, o remorso, a ira, a tristeza e a angústia de viver, o anseio pela morte como um lugar de paz, tudo muito bem representado, e com uma sensibilidade incrível.