Frankissstein: A Love Story

TitleFrankissstein: A Love Story
Year for Search2019
AuthorsWinterson, Jeanette(b. 1959)
Pagination343 pp.
Date Published2019
PublisherJonathan Cape
Place PublishedLondon
ISBN Number9781784709952 978-0-8021-2949-9
KeywordsEnglish author, Female author
Annotation

A complex novel, some of which tells the story of Mary Shelley, her husband, Byron, and their friends and the writing of Frankenstein. Another part, set in post-Brexit Britain concerns a transgender doctor, also a Shelley, and their love for an AI specialist, Victor Stein. Another main character is Ron Lord, who creates sexbots for lonely men like him. A related theme is cryrogenics, with all of it coming more or less together.

Additional Publishers

U.S. ed. New York: Grove Press, 2019. 343 pp.

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Author Note

Female author (b. 1959)

Full Text

2019 Winterson, Jeanette (b. 1959). Frankissstein: A Love Story. London: Jonathan Cape. 343 pp. U.S. ed. New York: Grove Press, 2019. 343 pp. PSt 

A complex novel, some of which tells the story of Mary Shelley, her husband, Byron, and their friends and the writing of Frankenstein. Another part, set in post-Brexit Britain concerns a transgender doctor, also a Shelley, and their love for an AI specialist, Victor Stein. Another main character is Ron Lord, who creates sexbots for lonely men like him. A related theme is cryrogenics, with all of it coming more or less together. Female author.