Sais-tu ce que c'est, un classique ? C'est une très bonne histoire que tout le monde connaît, un chef-d'oeuvre admiré dans le monde entier ! Sais-tu ce que c'est, un conte fantastique ? C'est un récit range, plein de mystère, de créatures bizarres ou de machines étonnantes. Frankenstein raconte l'histoire d'un inventeur qui bricole monstre et qui l'abandonne parce qu'il ne l'aime pas. créature ainsi délaissée a bien envie de se venger... Cette histoire a été imaginée par Mary Shelley, une écrivaine anglaise, et a été publiée en 1817 ! Je l'ai adaptée pour toi afin qu'elle ne soit pas trop effrayante. Mais crois-moi, l'histoire que tu t'apprêtes à lire risque quand même de te donner la chair de poule.

Frankenstein

The opening scene of this tale took place in a little village on the southern coast of Cornwall. Treby (by that name we choose to designate a spot, whose true one, for several reasons, will not be given, ) was, indeed, rather a hamlet than a village, although, being at the sea-side, there were two or three houses which, by dint of green paint and chintz curtains, pretended to give the accommodation of "Apartments Furnished" to the few bathers who, having heard of its cheapness, seclusion, and beauty, now and then resorted thither from the neighbouring towns.

This part of Cornwall shares much of the peculiar and exquisite beauty which every Englishman knows adorns "the sweet shire of Devon." The hedges near Treby, like those round Dawlish and Torquay, are redolent with a thousand flowers: the neighbouring fields are prankt with all the colours of Flora, --its soft air, --the picturesque bay in which it stood, as it were, enshrined, --its red cliffs, and verdure reaching to the very verge of the tide, --all breathe the same festive and genial atmosphere. The cottages give the same promise of comfort, and are adorned by nature with more luxurious loveliness than the villas of the rich in a less happy climate.

Falkner

The Gothic Trilogy : Dracula, Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (unabridged versions) in one volume ! Three Classic Gothic Novels in One Book only ! 1) Dracula, 2) Frankenstein, 3) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde --all three classics complete and unabridged versions by Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley and Robert Louis Stevenson. 

1) Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It introduced the character of Count Dracula, and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy. The novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and of the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and a woman led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing. Dracula has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel, and invasion literature. The novel has spawned numerous theatrical, film, and television interpretations.

2) Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797-1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous, sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Frankenstein is infused with elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement. At the same time, it is an early example of science fiction. Brian Aldiss has argued that it should be considered the first true science fiction story because, in contrast to previous stories with fantastical elements resembling those of later science fiction, the central character "makes a deliberate decision" and "turns to modern experiments in the laboratory" to achieve fantastic results. It has had a considerable influence in literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories, films and plays.

3) Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. The work is also known as The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, or simply Jekyll & Hyde. It is about a London legal practitioner named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde. The novella's impact is such that it has become a part of the language, with the phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" entering the vernacular to refer to people with an unpredictably dual nature: usually very good, but sometimes shockingly evil.

The Gothic Trilogy - Dracula ; Frankenstein ; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Frankenstein est un roman original à plus d'un titre. Sa première version, publiée sans nom d'auteur, a été écrite par une jeune femme de 19 ans. Le livre est considéré, en outre, comme le dernier roman gothique et comme l'un des tout premiers romans de science-fiction. Il raconte l'histoire d'un "savant fou", Victor Frankenstein, qui, par ambition démesurée, en vient à créer un être humain à partir de cadavres et d'une "étincelle de vie". Ce sera, hélas, le point de départ de nombreux malheurs...

Frankenstein ou le Prométhée moderne - Extraits

A la suite d'une manipulation scientifique hasardeuse, Victor Frankenstein parvient à "animer la matière inerte" et crée un nouvel homme. Mais, horrifié par sa créature, il l'abandonne. Livré à lui-même, rejeté par tous ceux qu'il croise, le monstre, plein de haine, se révolte contre celui qui lui a donné la vie. Dans ce terrifiant roman qui mêle le gothique, le fantastique et la science-fiction, Mary Shelley peint un être aussi effrayant que touchant, qui aspire désespérément à se rapprocher des hommes...

Considéré comme le tout premier roman de science-fiction jamais publié, Frankenstein ou le Prométhée moderne de Mary Shelley a traversé les siècles en laissant une empreinte indélébile. On ne compte plus ses résurgences dans la littérature mondiale et les adaptations théâtrales et cinématographiques que cette formidable oeuvre a engendrées.Cette édition est enrichie de somptueuses illustrations réalisées pour l'occasion par Armel GaulmeElle est proposée dans une nouvelle traduction, réalisée à partir de la version originelle de Mary Shelley parue en 1818, et non la version retouchée de 1831, plus répandue.Son traducteur, Maxime Le Dain, est un expert en littérature fantastique, et a notamment oeuvré aux traductions et adaptations de Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Alice au pays des merveilles, Scary Stories, et au comics Locke & Key.Précisément 200 ans après sa première publication en France (1821), Bragelonne est immensément fier de rééditer ce chef d'oeuvre de la littérature.

Frankenstein ou le Prométhée moderne

Un savant, Victor Frankenstein, parvient à donner vie à un être fait d'un assemblage de morceaux de cadavres. Roman fantastique paru en 1818 où apparaît la victoire sur la mort par le biais de la science. Oeuvre au programme de 5e.

After a long series of civil dissension--after many battles, whose issue involved the fate of thousands--after the destruction of nearly all the English nobility in the contest between the two Roses, the decisive battle of Bosworth Field was fought on the 22d of August, 1415, whose result was to entwine, as it was called, the white and red symbols of rivalship, and to restore peace to this unhappy country.

The day had been sunny and warm: as the evening closed in a west wind rose, bringing along troops of fleecy clouds, golden at sunset, and then dun and grey, veiling with pervious network the many stars. Three horsemen at this hour passed through the open country between Hinckley and Welford in Leicestershire. It was broad day when they descended from the elevation on which the former stands, and the villagers crowded to gaze upon the fugitives, and to guess, from the ensigns they bore, to which party they belonged, while the warders from the near castle hastened out to stop them, thus to curry favour with the conqueror; a design wholly baffled.

Frankenstein

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