Frankenstein

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Frankenstein (1992, Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press)

358 pages

English language

Published Feb. 24, 1992 by Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press.

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978-0-312-06525-6
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The original story of science gone berserk: one that changed how far our dreams can stretch. Imagine a human created out of corpses. A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator. Who is the monster: this tortured beast, or the man who made him?--Goodreads, LibraryThing.

A monster has been loosed upon the world--super-humanly strong, inhumanly vicious. Its inventor knows he must find and destroy it--halt its career of terror and murder! But as Victor Frankenstein, the mad scientist, pursues his monster through the night, he hears the echo of its fearsome voice: "You are my creator, but I am your master. Obey!--WorldCat.

"Mary Shelley's timeless Gothic novel presents the epic battle between man and monster at its greatest literary pitch. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein …

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Subjects

  • Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851
  • Horror tales, English -- History and criticism
  • Frankenstein (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
  • Scientists in literature
  • Monsters in literature
  • Scientists -- Fiction
  • Monsters -- Fiction