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Frankenstein
Michael Burgan
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Description for Frankenstein
Paperback. Mary Shelley's classic tale of the devastating consequences of playing God joins the SF Masterworks list. Illustrator(s): Hitch, Bryan. Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
S.F. Masterworks
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780575099609
SKU
V9780575099609
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About Michael Burgan
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Frankenstein
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more