Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Free eBook (Read & Download)
Title Frankenstein Author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley More than two centuries after its appearance, *Frankenstein* remains the defining myth of the scientific age. Its central warning—that human intellect can easily outpace moral responsibility—feels even more urgent in an era of rapid technological and genetic advancement than it did in the nineteenth century. Beyond its philosophical warnings, the novel endures because it speaks directly to the ache of isolation, questioning what society owes to those it abandons and fears. A closer look The narrative unfolds through a nested series of accounts, beginning with Captain Robert Walton, an ambitious explorer charting the Arctic ice. Walton rescues Victor Frankenstein, a Swiss polymath who shares his cautionary tale. Consumed by a desire to conquer mortality, Victor discovers the secret of life and animates a colossal figure constructed from deceased matter. Horrified by the physical reality of what he has made, Victor immediately flees. ...