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Frankenstein

By Mary Shelley
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The book that translated the dark and stormy ethos of the gothic novel into the foundation for the tale of modern science fiction, now freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Clothbound Editions line. Dr. Victor Frankenstein never considers the consequences of his obsession.... Read More
Format: Hardback
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The book that translated the dark and stormy ethos of the gothic novel into the foundation for the tale of modern science fiction, now freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Clothbound Editions line.

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The book that translated the dark and stormy ethos of the gothic novel into the foundation for the tale of modern science fiction, now freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Clothbound Editions line.

Dr. Victor Frankenstein never considers the consequences of his obsession. In his zeal to understand and harness the secret of life, he neglects his family and friends, isolates himself from the world, and ignores his own health. For years, he labours to create a new race of intelligent beings.

He spends his nights scrounging human and animal body parts from graveyards, slaughterhouses, and hospital dissection rooms. By day, he experiments in his secret laboratory, learning from his mistakes and perfecting the creature who, he believes, will worship him as a god. But this hubris is not his only sin.

When he succeeds, Frankenstein is horrified by the ugly brutishness of the patchwork being he has brought to life. Rather than exult in his accomplishment, he runs from it, retreating to the comfort of long-neglected friends and family. Frankenstein has, indeed, created a monster, not by animating dead flesh but by abandoning his creation and planting within it the seeds of rage and loneliness. Now, the monster is out for revenge.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781454962007

Publisher: Union Square & Co.

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 11 September 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Union Square & Co.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 202.0mm

Weight: 340g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Mary Shelley (17971851) was the author of five novels and numerous works of short fiction, all steeped in the ideology of the early 19th-century British Romantic era and its progressive themes.

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