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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Angelmonsterby Veronica Bennett
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Veronica Bennett's lush reimagining of the life of Mary Shelley — on the eve of her authorship of the classic gothic novel Frankenstein — is a gripping story of love and obsession. In the spring of 1814, poet Percy Shelley enters the life of young Mary Godwin like an angel of deliverance. Seduced by his radical and romantic ideas, she flees with him and her stepsister to Europe, where they forge a hardscrabble life while mingling with other free-spirited artists and poets. Frowned on by family and society, persecuted by gossip, and plagued by jealousy, Mary becomes haunted by freakish imaginings and hideous visions. As tragedy strikes, not once but time and again, Mary begins to realize that her dreams have become nightmares, and her angel . . . a monster. Now the time has finally come for the young woman who would become Mary Shelley to set her monster free. Synopsis:Bennett's lush reimagining of the life of Mary Shelley--on the eve of her authorship of the classic gothic novel "Frankenstein"--is a gripping story of passionate young love, poetic history, and the most enduring horror story of our time. Synopsis:The author, upon viewing a portrait of Mary Shelley, concluded that ?only a novel could bend history to the power of the imagination and reveal what might have been behind those eyes.? How fitting that the author of Frankenstein is revealed through a fictional account as satisfying as the most romantic of Gothic novels. ANGELMONSTER opens in the spring of 1814, when sixteen-year old Mary first encounters the poet Shelley. Bennett's lush reimagining of the life of Mary Shelley on the eve of her authorship of the classic gothic novel Frankenstein is a gripping story of passionate young love, poetic history, and the most enduring horror story of our time. Readers may be surprised to discover the degree of freedom enjoyed by Mary and her stepsister Jane ? ?in a period of history when we are led to suppose that young women were prevented from doing anything.? What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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