"Frankenstein" wird durch eine Kombination von Briefroman und klassischer Ich-Erzählung vermittelt. Viktor Frankenstein erzählt dem Leiter einer Forschungsexpedition, zugleich Eigner des Schiffes, das ihn in der Arktis rettet, seine Geschichte. Der Roman wird so zu einem Lehrstück, dass seine Erzählung auch eine Warnung an den Zuhörer und damit auch die Leser sein soll: Er warnt vor einer entgrenzten menschlichen Vernunft, die sich selbst zu Gott macht und sich anmaßt, lebendige Materie zu schaffen. Die Figur des Viktor Frankenstein ähnelt damit sowohl dem "literarischen" Faust als auch dem Prometheus aus der griechischen Mythologie.

Frankenstein - oder Der moderne Prometheus

In a dark laboratory shrouded in mystery and secrets, a young scientist defies the laws of nature and embarks on a perilous quest for immortality. Driven by ambition and haunted by a relentless curiosity, Victor Frankenstein hurls himself into a realm where life and death blur into a macabre dance.

Assembling body parts stolen from the grave, he stitches together a grotesque being, an abomination that awakens with a spark of electricity. But what he creates is far more than he bargained for-a creature with a mind as tormented as its disfigured form.

Frankenstein, a timeless tale of science and morality, explores the boundaries of human knowledge and the weighty consequences of playing god. As the creature grapples with its existence and yearns for acceptance, Frankenstein must confront the horrors he has unleashed upon the world.

From the icy peaks of the Swiss Alps to the mist-laden streets of 19th-century Europe, this Gothic masterpiece delves deep into the darkest corners of the human psyche. Mary Shelley's enduring classic delves into themes of love, loneliness, and the search for identity, challenging our understanding of what it means to be human.

With its atmospheric prose and haunting narrative, Frankenstein continues to captivate readers across generations. Dive into the depths of this chilling tale and discover the tragic consequences of tampering with life's eternal mysteries. Will Victor Frankenstein find redemption, or will his creation become the instrument of his ultimate downfall? The answers lie within the pages of this timeless masterpiece.

Frankenstein

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...

Quelle créature monstrueuse est plus célèbre que celle imaginée par Mary Shelley ? Son roman, écrit en 1816, a ouvert toutes les portes du fantastique et de la science-fiction modernes. Pourtant, Frankenstein est un des grands malentendus de la littérature mondiale. Car il n'est pas le monstre, mais son créateur, jeune homme désireux de percer à jour l'essence même de la vie. Pour cela, il crée un être vivant de toutes pièces. Mais le résultat né de cadavres assemblés est si effroyable que Viktor Frankenstein préfère fuir. Livrée à elle-même, la créature douée d'intelligence et assoiffée d'amour doit apprendre à survivre, à affronter l'effroi et la haine que son apparence génère. Y a-t-il d'autres réponses possibles à son indicible solitude que s'abandonner à la détestation des hommes, au meurtre et à la traque impitoyable de son créateur ? C'est alors que le roman de Mary Shelley interpelle : qui est le monstre en réalité ?

Frankenstein ou le Prométhée moderne

"Frankenstein" is a novel written by Mary Shelley, published in 1818 by a small London publishing house, Lackington, Hughes, Harding. Mary Shelley was nineteen when she wrote the novel, following "late in the night" literary games with her lover and future husband Percy Shelley and Lord Byron at the latter's residence near Lake Geneva during the summer of "the year without summer" (the consequence of the volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora) . "Frankenstein" is a gothic novel with romantic overtones whose creature became more famous than its author. Discover Frankenstein with an original preface and biography in this new edition by Les Éditions de Londres.

THE other nations of Europe were yet immersed in barbarism, when Italy, where the light of civilization had never been wholly eclipsed, began to emerge from the darkness of the ruin of the Western Empire, and to catch from the East the returning rays of literature and science. At the beginning of the fourteenth century Dante had already given a permanent form to the language which was the offspring of this revolution; he was personally engaged in those political struggles, in which the elements of the good and evil that have since assumed a more permanent form were contending; his disappointment and exile gave him leisure to meditate, and produced his Divina Comedia.

Lombardy and Tuscany, the most civilized districts of Italy, exhibited astonishing specimens of human genius; but at the same time they were torn to pieces by domestic faction, and almost destroyed by the fury of civil wars. The ancient quarrels of the Guelphs and the Ghibelines were started with renovated zeal, under the new distinctions of Bianchi and Neri. The Ghibelines and the Bianchi were the friends of the emperor, asserting the supremacy and universality of his sway over all other dominion, ecclesiastical or civil: the Guelphs and the Neri were the partizans of liberty. Florence was at the head of the Guelphs, and employed, as they were employed by it in their turn, the Papal power as a pretext and an instrument.

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Amori impossibili, vite prematuramente spezzate, affascinanti fuorilegge, fanciulle disperate, sogni divinatori, equivoci, riconoscimenti, vendette, e naturalmente matrimoni, nascite, vittorie. Ha avuto lei stessa una vita avventurosa come un romanzo, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, divenuta poi famosa come Mary Shelley, autrice del celeberrimo Frankenstein o il moderno Prometeo. Il successo di quest'opera straordinaria, composta a soli diciannove anni, ha forse per troppo tempo sovrastato la sua autrice; questa raccolta di racconti permette finalmente di conoscerne il mondo interiore, la vivace intelligenza, l'impressionante talento narrativo. Racconti - alcuni dei quali ambientati in Italia, dove la scrittrice visse per un periodo - apparsi su riviste dell'epoca, in cui si sviluppano vari temi a lei cari: classi sociali e rivoluzione, religione, famiglia, identità personale e nazionale, attraverso storie dalle inconfondibili ambientazioni gotiche e romantiche in cui a farla da padrone è il destino, talvolta crudele, talvolta generoso, ma sempre implacabile.

La tomba senza nome - e altri racconti inediti

Frankenstein è un romanzo straordinario sotto molti punti di vista. Pubblicato per la prima volta senza il nome dell'autore, fu scritto da una giovane donna di 19 anni. Da molti è considerato come l'ultimo vero romanzo gotico, da tutti come uno dei primi romanzi di fantascienza. La vicenda narrata è quella di uno "scienziato folle", Victor Frankenstein, che per ambizione smodata, crea un essere umano assemblando pezzi di cadaveri e infondendovi una scintilla di vita. Da qui avrà inizio una serie di sciagure. Sin dalla sua prima pubblicazione, quasi due secoli fa, la storia di Victor Frankenstein e della sua mostruosa  creatura ha incantato i lettori e continua ancora oggi a esercitare il suo fascino immutato sulle nuove generazioni. Romanzo carico di un'intensità allucinata, Frankenstein rappresenta una delle più suggestive creazioni della fantasia romantica.

Traduction de Hannah Betjeman.  Dossier pédagogique de Cédric Hannedouche. Lors d'un voyage au pôle Nord, Robert Walton vient en aide à Victor Frankenstein. L'homme lui raconte alors son histoire. Passionné de sciences, il a réussi à créer la vie à partir de cadavres. Effrayé par sa propre création, l'homme prend la fuite. Toutefois, le dangereux monstre est prêt à tout pour que le scientifique lui crée une compagne. Écrit par la romancière anglaise Mary Shelley, Frankenstein est le premier roman de science-fiction : un incontournable du genre !   Groupements de textes :  1. Le savant fou en littérature 2. Créatures monstrueuses.

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