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Frankenstein Mary Shelley

Frankenstein By Mary Shelley

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley


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Summary

Mary Shelley's classic tale of the devastating consequences of playing God joins the SF Masterworks list.
NAMED ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD

Frankenstein Summary

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Brilliant, driven Victor Frankenstein has at last realised his greatest ambition. The scientist has succeeded in creating intelligent life. But when his creature first stirs, Frankenstein realises he has made a monster. And, abandoned by its maker and shunned by everyone who sees it, the Doctor's creation sets out to destroy him and all that he holds dear.

Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN remains one of the greatest horror stories ever written, a book that chillingly captures the unforeseen terror of playing God. And the heart-stopping fear of being pursued by a powerful, relentless killer.

Frankenstein Reviews

The first novel of the scientific revolution and, incidentally, the first novel of science fiction -- Brian Aldiss
Frankenstein appeals to something very primal, but it's also about profound things, the very nature of life and death and birth -- Kenneth Branagh
How many fictional characters have made the great leap from literature to mythology; how many creatures of sheer language have stepped from the rhythms of their author's idiosyncratic voices into what might be called a collective cultural consciousness? -- Joyce Carol Oates
The greatest novel of the Romantic movement -- Michael Dirda
Mary Shelley more than made a name for herself and thrived without a formal education, becoming a trailblazing female writer in a genre still dominated by men today * INDEPENDENT *

About Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel FRANKENSTEIN: OR, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS (1818). 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 feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.

Additional information

GOR007289217
9780575099609
0575099607
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Orion Publishing Co
2012-10-11
224
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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