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Frankenstein
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Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus
This is one of those books that I was sure I had read back when I was going through my Classics phase...but it turns out I hadn't. My experience with Frankenstein is from the movies--the original Boris Karloff film, and the vastly superior Bride of Frankenstein from the 1930s. Then of... Read full review »
A Deeper Story Than Hollywood Tells
In 1816, a young woman was visiting friends with her husband. A writing challenge was issued by Lord Byron, asking his guests to write their own "ghost story". Stumped for the longest time, and perhaps the last in the group to begin her story, Mary Shelley... Read full review »
All time classic.
Frankenstein is an all time classic that everyone should read. It will keep your attention the whole way though. I highly recommend this book if you have not already read it. Read full review »
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| Authors | Margaret Brantley | |
| Editors | Joseph Pearce | |
| Fiction Genre | Juvenile Fiction • Literary Criticism | |
| Fiction Subgenre | Classics • Conflicts & Dualities • European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • Frankenstein (Fictitious character) • Horror & Ghost Stories • Horror stories • Literary Genres & Types of Novels • Nature & Animals • Readers / Chapter Books • Science Fiction & Fantasy • Scientists - Fiction • Humor / Cartoons & Comics • Supernatural • Cartoons And Comics • General • Horror Tales, English - History And Criticism • Monsters In Literature • Science Fiction, English - History And Criticism • Women And Literature - History • Scientists In Literature | |
| Illustrator | Gary Andrews | |
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| Professional Reviews | "Out of that vampire-laden fug of gruesomeness known as the English Gothic Romance, only the forbidding acrid name of Frankenstein remains in general usage....Mary Shelley had courage, she was inspired. 'Frankenstein' has entertained, delighted and harrowed generations of readers to this day." | |
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| Publisher's Note | You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. | |
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