FRANKENSTEIN

SHELLEY, MARY

man has long had the power to take life, but what will happen when he learns to give it? intrigued by this question, young victor frankenstein - a devoted student of science - becomes obsessed with the idea of conjuring life out of 'lifeless matter'. using his formidable skills in chemistry and other sciences, victor begins to assemble a being from scavenged and stolen body parts. once he has fathered a son created by his own science, victor rejects the hideous creature he has brought to life. eventually, the creature mounts a campaign of revenge against his creator, struggling to be recognised as a thinking, feeling being.