Unit 12 The Story of Dr FrankensteinShelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851), English novelist
A famous science fiction novel, which is written by “the mother of science fiction novel”----- Mary WollstonecraftShelley (the wife of the world famous poet----Shelley)
First reading: True or False • ( ) I had a miserable childhood
• ( ) I was not interested in the structure of languages or law, so my father asked me to learn the secrets of heaven and earth
• ( ) I wanted to know where the principle of life came from, and I worked very hard
• ( ) I discovered how to create life from dead matter, and immediately I tried it
• ( ) I collected many materials which came from butcher shops and hospitals to do my job secretly
• ( ) The being that I created was very nice, just like a normal person