Book description
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'It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against
the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of
the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open…'
Written when Mary Shelley was only nineteen-years old, this chilling
tale of a young scientist's desire to create life still resonates today.
Victor Frankenstein's monster is stitched together from the stolen limbs
of the dead, and the result is a grotesque being who, rejected by his
maker, sets out on a journey to reek his revenge. In the most famous
gothic horror story ever told, Shelley confronts the limitations of
science, the nature of human cruelty and the pathway to forgiveness with
rich language and evocative imagery.
