A beautiful new edition of Mary Shelley's Gothic horror classic,FrankensteinINCLUDES A CULTURAL HISTORY OF FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER BY JEANETTE WINTERSONNavigating the Arctic,the captain of a ship rescues a man wandering near death across the ice caps. How the man got there reveals itself a story of ambition,murder and revenge. As a young scientist,Victor Frankenstein pushed moral boundaries in order to cross the final frontier and create life. But his creation is a monster stitched together from grave-plundered body parts who has no place in the world,and his existence can only lead to tragedy.One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781784875602Number of pages: 256Weight: 183 gDimensions: 198 x 130 x 15 mm
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A masterpieceA haunting,melancholy work of gothic beautyThe most famous of all horror stories still packs a punchFrankenstein launched an entire genre of dystopian fiction,and a legacy of horror at the consequences of unbridled experimentationMore relevant today than ever
Mary Shelley
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Jeanette Winterson OBE is a British writer,broadcaster and activist.
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