by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Margaret Tarner · Macmillan Education · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780435271060
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«Frankenstein» is the adaptation of Mary Shelley's gothic novel by Margaret Tarner, published by Macmillan Education in paperback (47 pages, in English).
Adaptation of the gothic horror classic for secondary school students. Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist, brings to life a creature made from parts of corpses; when rejected by its creator, the creature triggers a spiral of suffering and revenge. The story preserves the style and atmosphere of Mary Shelley's work with simplified language and a short length.
Edition published in 1986 within the Heinemann Guided Readers series. Mary Shelley's original novel appeared in 1818.
Aimed at the classroom and individual study, it is useful for secondary school students and for those beginning to read classics in English.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin and her mother was the philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft.
