Frankenstein - Book

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Reading Level: Grades 10-12 

Lexile Level: 1040L

Setting: Europe, 1800s

Genre: British Literature

Page Count: 176

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Forget Boris Karloff! The real story is scarier because it examines real, human desires and capabilities.
A brilliant student, Victor Frankenstein, comes upon the knowledge of creating life. Expecting glory and hoping to benefit humanity, Frankenstein creates a man - only to discover that creation carries more consequences and responsibilities than he foresaw. The resulting tragedy speaks directly to some of the issues facing us in science and medicine today.
Years later, Robert Walton is a young man driven by his desire for knowledge and exploration - he wants to make his mark on the world. But he finds something entirely different. As the sea ice closes in on his ship, he and his crew sight a strange, gigantic being driving a dogsled across the frozen wasteland, finally disappearing into the distance. The next day they find an ill and dying man floating on a fragment of ice and persuade him to come on board for his safety. As his ship lies trapped by the surrounding ice, Walton spends many hours talking with the ill man, a Victor Frankenstein of Geneva. As they talk, Frankenstein slowly reveals his story to Walton. 

Book Awards:
#171 on the Big Read List (UK’s top 200)   •  Titled the Modern Prometheus   •   #43 on the Great American Read (top 100)   •   #10 in The Greatest Novels of All Time   •   #8 in The 100 Best Novels Written in English

Extra Information

Brand:
Dover
Recommended Grade Level:
10-12
Setting:
Imaginative, Europe, 1800s
Genre:
British Literature
Page Count:
166 pages
Author:
Mary Shelley
Lexile Level:
1040L
Book ISBN:
9780486282114
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