亚当·弗兰克斯坦

亚当·弗兰克斯坦

方菲, 著

出版社:武汉大学出版社

年代:2013

定价:16.0

书籍简介:

本书是一部英文小说,故事背景是18世纪末期,在风光绮丽的苏格兰的一所大学内,维克多·弗兰克斯坦,一名瑞士籍科学家,出于对其所研究的自然科学的狂热与痴迷,以纯科学的方法创造出了一个如《失乐园》中的亚当一般完美的人形生命,并给他起名为亚当·弗兰克斯坦。被科学创造出来的亚当具有非凡的智慧,如天神般的美貌,以及一个渴望与这个世界沟通交流的灵魂。在维克多的指引下,亚当很快地掌握了大量自然科学,人文科学方面的知识。随着对人类世界日益增长的了解,亚当也逐渐开始渴望与周围的人们建立平等亲密的关系。然而这一切都会如科学家当初所设想的那么完美吗?亚当,这个非人类的智慧生命真的能够被他所认为的“同类”所接纳吗?本书作者在其小说中,探索了存在于美与丑,自然与科学之间的人性斗争。

作者介绍:

Fang Fei, bom in July, 1992, Fei is now a junior in the Department of English, School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Wuhan University. Ever since she entered the university, Feihas indulged herselfin both English and Chinese creative writings. To acquire a more intense appreciation on English literature, in 2011, as an exchange student, Fei spent one semester in University of Glasgow, where she did a cntical analysis on a couple of romantic novels, among which Mary Shelley's Frankenstein inspired her profoundly. After reading Frankenstein, Fei had a peculiar dream, in which a godlike creature, which resembles Adam in Paradise Lost, after being energized by the lightning, wakes up and comes to life. This scene takes place besides Loch Lomond, Scotland, where Fei used to visit when she was staying in Glasgow. In 2013, as a salute to Mary Shelley, the mother ofscience fiction as well as a record on the dream, in her novel, Adam Frankenstein, Fei discussed another possibility ofthe Frankenstein story.

书籍目录:

To Mr. Frankenstein, Geneva

The Manuscript of Professor Adam BEghtly's

CHAPTER 1 Birth

CHAPTER 2 First Day

CHAPTER 3 A Visitor

CHAPTER 4 Eavesdrop

CHAPTER 5 Enlightenment and Doubt

CHAPTER 6 Family

CHAPTER 7 Acceptance

CHAPTER 8 Loss and Pain

CHAPTER 9 Fugitive

CHAPTER 10 Encounter

CHAPTER 11 Capture

CHAPTER 12 Trail Day

Victor Frankenstein, in Continuation

CHAPTER 13 The Other William

CHAPTER 14 Confrontation

CHAPTER 15 Reunion

CHAPTER 16 The Sentenced and His Choice

CHAPTER 17 The Left One

内容摘要:

Nearly two centuries ago, the eighteen- year-old English novelist, Mary Shelley created Frankenstein, in which she unfolded the tragic story between a Genevan scientist, Victor Frankenstein and the product of his failed scientific experiment: a hideous monster.

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出版地武汉出版单位武汉大学出版社
版次1版印次1
定价(元)16.0语种英文
尺寸19 × 12装帧平装
页数 192 印数 1058

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亚当·弗兰克斯坦是武汉大学出版社于2013.7出版的中图分类号为 I247.5 的主题关于 长篇小说-中国-当代-英文 的书籍。