{"product_id":"frankenstein-or-the-modern-prometheus-the-1818-text-9780198814047","title":"Frankenstein: Or `The Modern Prometheus': The 1818 Text","description":"\u003cem\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/em\u003eis the most celebrated horror story ever written. It tells the dreadful tale of Victor Frankenstein, a visionary young student of natural philosophy, who discovers the secret of life. In the grip of his obsession he constructs a being from dead body parts, and animates this creature. The results for Victor and for his family are catastrophic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten when Mary Shelley was just eighteen, \u003cem\u003e Frankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e was inspired by the ghost stories and vogue for Gothic literature that fascinated the Romantic writers of her time. She transformed these supernatural elements into an epic parable that warned against the threats to humanity posed by accelerating technological progress. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished for the 200th anniversary, this edition, based on the original 1818 text, explains in detail the turbulent intellectual context in which Shelley was writing, and also investigates how her novel has since become a byword for controversial practices in science and medicine, from manipulating ecosystems to vivisection and genetic modification. As an iconic study of power, creativity, and, ultimately, what it is to be human, \u003cem\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/em\u003econtinues to shape our thinking in profound ways to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198814047\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.50w x 1.20d","brand":"Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44625884020917,"sku":"9780198814047","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9451bb5a-9a3d-4ceb-a2de-25c83b840358.jpg?v=1725978508","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/frankenstein-or-the-modern-prometheus-the-1818-text-9780198814047","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}