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Product Identifiers
PublisherPan Macmillan
ISBN-101509827757
ISBN-139781509827756
eBay Product ID (ePID)224492097
Product Key Features
Book TitleFrankenstein
Number of Pages280 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2017
TopicClassics, Horror, Gothic
GenreFiction
AuthorMary Shelley
Book SeriesMonsters and Misfits Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight6 Oz
Item Length6.3 in
Item Width4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal823.7
SynopsisOne of BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World. Frankenstein is the most famous novel by Mary Shelley: a dark parable of science misused. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics bound in real cloth with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. The novel is produced here in its original form and with an afterword by David Pinching. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but wayward scientist, builds a human from dead flesh. Horrified at what he has done, he abandons his creation. The hideous creature learns language and becomes civilized but society rejects him. Spurned, he seeks vengeance on his creator. So begins a cycle of destruction, with Frankenstein and his 'monster' pursuing each other to the extremes of nature until all vestiges of their humanity are lost. In 1831, Mary Shelley succumbed to conservative pressures and toned down elements of the work in a second version of the text, which is reproduced here., Mary Shelley's gothic masterpiece, presented in a beautiful, pocket-sized collector's edition, with a new afterword from David Pinching., Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Frankenstein is the most famous novel by Mary Shelley: a dark Faustian parable of science misused that was an immediate success on its publication in 1818. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but wayward scientist, builds a human from dead flesh and then, horrified at what he has done, abandons his creation. The creature, an outcast because of his appearance, learns language and becomes civilized, but when rejected by society seeks revenge on his creator. So begins a cycle of destruction in which Frankenstein and his 'monster' lose all vestiges of their humanity in monomaniacal hatred. With an Afterword by David Pinching.
LC Classification NumberPR5397
