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Frankenstein
Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
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This novel may appeal to you if you're interested in exploring themes of ambition, creation, and the consequences of playing god. You'll find the complex relationship between a creator and his creation intriguing, especially if you enjoy delving into questions of identity, humanity, and morality. The gothic atmosphere and suspenseful narrative will captivate those who appreciate a blend of horror and philosophical depth.
Frankenstein
Obsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life by electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear.
This chilling gothic tale, begun when Mary Shelley was just nineteen years old, would become the world's most famous work of horror fiction, and remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity.
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A stunning new clothbound edition of Mary Shelley's infamous work of horror fiction.
Obsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life by electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear.
This chilling gothic tale, begun when Mary Shelley was just nineteen years old, would become the world's most famous work of horror fiction, and remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity.
Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is celebrated as a masterpiece of nineteenth-century Gothic fiction, blending a tale of ambition and the dire consequences of unchecked scientific experimentation. Sparked during a stay in the Swiss Alps, the novel tells the haunting story of Dr. Victor Frankenstein and the creature he animates. Written amidst personal tragedy, it incorporates rich literary references and themes of dehumanisation, becoming a foundational work of science fiction that has inspired numerous adaptations while retaining its compelling impact.
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ISBN: 9780141393391
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 03 October 2013
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 31.0mm
Width: 137.0mm
Height: 205.0mm
Weight: 472g
Pages: 352
About the Author
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 in 1822, when Percy Shelley drowned in Italy. Following his death, Mary Shelley returned to England and continued to travel and write until her own death at the age of fifty-three.
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