Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus (gift edition)

A new series of classics for fans of «Mainline. The Main Trend» in a hardcover edition. Impeccable style, conciseness, tactile materials, colored endpapers, illustration on the edge.

This is a frightening and grim story about a brilliant scientist and his terrible creation. Victor Frankenstein has unraveled the secret of the origin of life and has learned to animate lifeless matter. He dreamed of conquering death and created a monster from parts of corpses. However, the quest for fame and recognition led to horrifyingly tragic consequences...
The conception and first episodes of the novel «Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus» (1818) arose as an improvisation on a given theme — the writing of ghost stories, initiated by Lord Byron at the Swiss villa Diodati in the summer of 1816, and the image of the monster created by the protagonist came to the author — eighteen-year-old Englishwoman Mary Shelley — in a nightmarish vision. However, despite the young age of the budding writer and the almost accidental circumstances of the book's creation, «Frankenstein» was destined to become an event in national and world literature. A classic of science fiction prose, a masterpiece of romantic Gothic, an original philosophical novel, a source of iconic images of modern cultural mythology — this is far from a complete list of the common definitions of this impressive literary debut. The tragic plot imagined by the author has spawned numerous imitations, adaptations, and sequels — in prose, drama, theater, and, of course, cinema.
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In November 2025, Guillermo del Toro's film «Frankenstein» will be released, and in 2026 we await another premiere — the film «The Bride» by Maggie Gyllenhaal, a remake of the classic film «Bride of Frankenstein» from 1935. Both films are based on the works of Mary Shelley.