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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley
Hardback
Publication Date: 23/10/2013

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Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by Academy award-winning director Guillermo del Toro.

Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by Academy Award-winning director ofThe Shape of WaterGuillermo del Toro.Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read

Filmmaker and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror series, a new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre. Included here are some of del Toro's favorites, from Mary Shelley'sFrankensteinand Ray Russell's short story "Sardonicus," considered by Stephen King to be "perhaps the finest example of the modern Gothic ever written," to Shirley Jackson'sThe Haunting of Hill Houseand stories by Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, Ted Klein, and Robert E. Howard. Featuring original cover art by Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, these stunningly creepy deluxe hardcovers will be perfect additions to the shelves of horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and paranormal aficionados everywhere.

Frankenstein


The epic battle between man and monster reaches its greatest pitch in the famous story ofFrankenstein. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor himself to the very brink. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship . . . and horror.
ISBN:
9780143122333
9780143122333
Category:
Classic horror & ghost stories
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
23-10-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
352
Dimensions (mm):
214x150x34mm
Weight:
0.5kg
Mary Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born on August 30, 1797, into a life of personal tragedy. In 1816, she married the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and that summer traveled with him and a host of other Romantic intellectuals to Geneva.

Her greatest achievement was piecing together one of the most terrifying and renowned stories of all time: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Shelley conceived Frankenstein in, according to her, "a waking dream."

This vision was simply of a student kneeling before a corpse brought to life. Yet this tale of a mad creator and his abomination has inspired a multitude of storytellers and artists. She died on February 1, 1851.,

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