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Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley
Frankenstein

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ISBN13: 9780486282114
ISBN10: 0486282112



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Few creatures of horror have seized readers' imaginations and held them for so long as the anguished monster of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The story of Victor Frankenstein's terrible creation and the havoc it caused has enthralled generations of readers and inspired countless writers of horror and suspense. Considering the novel's enduring success, it is remarkable that it began merely as a whim of Lord Byron's.

"We will each write a story," Byron announced to his next-door neighbors, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin and her lover Percy Bysshe Shelley. The friends were summering on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland in 1816, Shelley still unknown as a poet and Byron writing the third canto of Childe Harold. When continued rains kept them confined indoors, all agreed to Byron's proposal.

The illustrious poets failed to complete their ghost stories, but Mary Shelley rose supremely to the challenge. With Frankenstein, she succeeded admirably in the task she set for herself: to create a story that, in her own words, "would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature and awaken thrilling horror — one to make the reader dread to look round, to curdle the blood, and quicken the beatings of the heart."

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The story of Victor Frankenstein’s terrible creation and the havoc it caused. With the author’s own 1831 introduction.

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The story of Victor Frankenstein's monstrous creation and the havoc it caused has enthralled generations of readers and inspired countless writers of horror and suspense. With the author's own 1831 introduction.

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At this challenge, Mary Shelley began work on the 'ghost story' that was to evolve into the most celebrated horror novel in literary history. Frankenstein was published the next year and become the rage of London. In the generations since, the story of Victor Frankenstein and the monster he created has been read by millions all over the world. It has inspired hundreds of imitations, but it has never been equaled for its masterful manipulation of the elements of horror and suspense.

About the Author

Daughter of political philosopher William Godwin and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley edited the works of her husband, Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and is best known as the author of Frankenstein.  


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Kristina Mageau , August 12, 2012 (view all comments by Kristina Mageau)
Such a fascinating story, this book reveals amazing concepts about the human psyche, our dreams, our fantasies, and our fears.

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Craig Ensz , April 07, 2010 (view all comments by Craig Ensz)
This is the classic story of man experimenting with creation and the possible consequences. Mary Shelley is a master storyteller and brings both Frankenstein and the doctor to life. If all you have seen are the movies, you need to read the original. If you don't have it your library, get it.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780486282114
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
10/21/1994
Publisher:
Dover Publications
Series info:
Dover Thrift Editions
Language:
English
Pages:
176
Height:
.50IN
Width:
4.90IN
Thickness:
.50
LCCN:
94036624
Series:
Dover Thrift Editions
Age Range:
11 and up
Grade Range:
6 and up
Illustration:
Yes
Copyright Year:
1994
UPC Code:
8-00759-28211-1
Author:
Mary Shelley
Author:
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Author:
Dover Thrift Editions
Author:
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Subject:
Novels and novellas
Subject:
Frankenstein
Subject:
Children's 12-Up - Literature - Classics
Subject:
British and irish fiction (fictional works by
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Subject:
Horror tales
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Literature
Subject:
Horror fiction
Subject:
Monsters
Subject:
Monsters -- Fiction.
Subject:
Frankenstein (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

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