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Frankenstein

£10.99

Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece, presented in a beautiful, pocket-sized collector’s edition, with a new afterword from David Pinching.

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One 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, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful hardbacks make perfect gifts for book lovers, or wonderful additions to your own collection. 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; this edition presents the work as originally intended.

Additional information

Weight 0.172 kg
Dimensions 15.7 × 10.1 × 2 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

280

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

823.7 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K