EAN: 9781509827756

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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 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.

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