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Frankenstein
Michael Burgan
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Description for Frankenstein
Hardback. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor himself to the very brink. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship ..and horror. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 147 x 30. Weight in Grams: 498.
Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by award-winning director Guillermo del Toro.
The epic battle between man and monster reaches its greatest pitch in the famous story of Frankenstein. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor himself to the very brink. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship ... and horror.
Mary Shelley was born ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780143122333
SKU
V9780143122333
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Ref
99-16
About Michael Burgan
Mary Shelley (1797-1851), the daughter of pioneering thinkers Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, eloped with the poet Percy Shelley at the age of sixteen. Three years later, during a wet summer on Lake Geneva, Shelley famously wrote her masterpiece, Frankenstein. The years of her marriage were blighted by the deaths of three of her four children, and further tragedy followed ... Read more
Reviews for Frankenstein
Praise for Penguin Horror Classics: “The new Penguin Horror editions, selected by Guillermo del Toro, feature some of the best art-direction (by Paul Buckley) I've seen in a cover in quite some time.” – Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing "Each cover does a pretty spectacular job of evoking the mood of the title in bold, screenprint-style iconography." – Dan ... Read more