具体描述
'I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life and stir with an uneasy, half-vital motion.' A summer evening's ghost stories, lonely insomnia in a moonlit Alpine's room, and a runaway imagination -- fired by philosophical discussions with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley about science, galvanism, and the origins of life -- conspired to produce for Mary Shelley this haunting night specter. By morning, it had become the germ of her Romantic masterpiece, "Frankenstein." Written in 1816 when she was only 19, Mary Shelley's novel of 'The Modern Prometheus' chillingly dramatized the dangerous potential of life begotten upon a laboratory table. A frightening creation myth for our own time, "Frankenstein" remains one of the greatest horror stories ever written and is an undisputed classic of its kind.
作者简介
玛丽·雪莱(1797-1851),英国著名小说家,因其一八一八年创作的《弗兰肯斯坦》被誉为科幻小说之母。
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怪物・女性・上帝 ——从弗兰肯斯坦的怪物看人造人的社会设定悖论 《弗兰肯斯坦》(Frankenstein)又有一个副标题,即:《现代的普罗米修斯》(The Modern Prometheus)。全书讲述了一位名为维克多・弗兰肯斯坦(Victor Frankenstein)的科学家创造出一个人造人怪物的哥...
前言中还在说这本小说的主旨是揭示剥削阶级剥削被剥削阶级的残酷现实和被剥削阶级的勇敢反抗,让人不禁想,现在这是什么年代,何必呢。 我喜欢的译文版呀,新出版的怎么也会这样呢,又不是那个【最高指示】的年代了,真的何必呢。 弗兰肯斯坦在看到自己造出的怪物为害人类以后...
Shelley's story shows interesting connection between creator and its creation. The monster and Frankenstein share similar character in some aspects: both of them are curious and learn very fast. They are both hesitant, eager for love, and bear great grief....
父子 弗兰肯斯坦是那个人造人的名字?我猜没看过书的人90%会有这印象。不过事实上,弗兰肯斯坦是造人者的姓,而他所创造的人在书中根本就没有名字(没人给他起!)。全书中,人造人最常见的称呼是怪物,其他的还包括wretch、murderer、deformity乃至vampire。至于“弗兰肯斯坦...
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