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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsAngelmonsterby 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.? About the AuthorVERONICA BENNETT began her writing career as a freelance journalist when her two children were small. She soon moved into fiction, and her first novel was published in 1998. These days, the children are grown,and she works part-time as a college English lecturer. ANGELMONSTER, she says, "came about during a lesson on recasting classic novels for children. The text under discussion was FRANKENSTEIN, and I began to think about doing a book for children based on the early life of the author, revealing only at the end that she would go on to write FRANKENSTEIN when she grew up. An idea was born, but when I began the research, I realized that the dramatic events of Mary Shelley's life lent themselves much better to a more grown-up story." Veronica Bennett lives in England. This is her first book with Candlewick Press. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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