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Frankenstein Paperback – 3 September 2007
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- ISBN-100099512041
- ISBN-13978-0099512042
- Edition1st
- PublisherVINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
- Publication date3 September 2007
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions12.7 x 1.42 x 20.32 cm
- Print length240 pages
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"The most famous of all horror stories still packs a punch" (Daily Mail)
"A masterpiece" (Phillip Pullman)
"Frankenstein launched an entire genre of dystopian fiction, and a legacy of horror at the consequences of unbridled experimentation" (Daily Telegraph)
"Shelley’s speechifying, lonely, Miltonic monster remains one of the greatest characters in all of literature… The book may also be the greatest meditation on birth I have ever read." (Siri Hustvedt The Week)
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- Publisher : VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET; 1st edition (3 September 2007)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 240 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0099512041
- ISBN-13 : 978-0099512042
- Reading age : 8 - 12 years
- Dimensions : 12.7 x 1.42 x 20.32 cm
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.
Mary Godwin's mother died when Mary was eleven days old; afterwards, Mary and her older half-sister, Fanny Imlay, were reared by their father. When Mary was four, Godwin married his neighbour, Mary Jane Clairmont. Godwin provided his daughter with a rich, if informal, education, encouraging her to adhere to his liberal political theories. In 1814, Mary Godwin began a romantic relationship with one of her father’s political followers, the married Percy Bysshe Shelley. Together with Mary's stepsister, Claire Clairmont, they left for France and travelled through Europe; upon their return to England, Mary was pregnant with Percy's child. Over the next two years, she and Percy faced ostracism, constant debt, and the death of their prematurely born daughter. They married in late 1816 after the suicide of Percy Shelley's first wife, Harriet.
In 1816, the couple famously spent a summer with Lord Byron, John William Polidori, and Claire Clairmont near Geneva, Switzerland, where Mary conceived the idea for her novel Frankenstein. The Shelleys left Britain in 1818 for Italy, where their second and third children died before Mary Shelley gave birth to her last and only surviving child, Percy Florence. In 1822, her husband drowned when his sailing boat sank during a storm near Viareggio. A year later, Mary Shelley returned to England and from then on devoted herself to the upbringing of her son and a career as a professional author. The last decade of her life was dogged by illness, probably caused by the brain tumour that was to kill her at the age of 53.
Until the 1970s, Mary Shelley was known mainly for her efforts to publish Percy Shelley's works and for her novel Frankenstein, which remains widely read and has inspired many theatrical and film adaptations. Recent scholarship has yielded a more comprehensive view of Mary Shelley’s achievements. Scholars have shown increasing interest in her literary output, particularly in her novels, which include the historical novels Valperga (1823) and Perkin Warbeck (1830), the apocalyptic novel The Last Man (1826), and her final two novels, Lodore (1835) and Falkner (1837). Studies of her lesser-known works such as the travel book Rambles in Germany and Italy (1844) and the biographical articles for Dionysius Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia (1829–46) support the growing view that Mary Shelley remained a political radical throughout her life. Mary Shelley's works often argue that cooperation and sympathy, particularly as practised by women in the family, were the ways to reform civil society. This view was a direct challenge to the individualistic Romantic ethos promoted by Percy Shelley and the Enlightenment political theories articulated by her father, William Godwin.
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Customers enjoy the storytelling quality of the book. They find it an unforgettable tale and a classic horror story that provides a vivid depiction of the human condition.
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"Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a tale that’s unforgettable, and a must read classic that’s filled with more emotion than this story has ever really..." Read more
"Always interesting to read the original tales, written in very different times by very different people who faced death as a necessary fact of daily..." Read more
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- Reviewed in Australia on 12 August 2022Verified PurchaseThe story is iconic for a reason, the emotion and depth of characters is second to none.
The movie Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) is much closer to the original story that all the previous movies, but like most movies it pails in comparison to the book.
Unlike some of the other classics like Shakespeare, it can be read by anyone, you do not need a degree in literature to enjoy it.
- Reviewed in Australia on 18 December 2020Verified PurchaseMary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a tale that’s unforgettable, and a must read classic that’s filled with more emotion than this story has ever really been given credit for.
- Reviewed in Australia on 25 November 2024Verified PurchaseThe item I wanted was delivered next day and was in perfect condition and exactly what I wanted.
- Reviewed in Australia on 6 October 2017Verified PurchaseAlways interesting to read the original tales, written in very different times by very different people who faced death as a necessary fact of daily life. Strangely enough, we've grown into a society of easily offended, self-proclaimed immortals by comparison.
Worth the effort for those who (like myself) hadn't read it and took the Hollywood spoon-feeding as gospel. the actual story reads a lot like all the scenes/dialogue that might have ended up on the cutting room floor. Too reflective, maybe too philosophical and wordy for Hollywood to capture verbatim.
It's an emotional/psychological narrative rather than a graphic gore-fest. Much detail is left up to the reader's imagination; which may be why it could be a challenge for the average 21st Century reader.
- Reviewed in Australia on 15 April 2024Verified PurchaseLoved it!
- Reviewed in Australia on 16 October 2019Verified PurchaseKnown as one of the great books differently was a great read loved the story and the way it was written
- Reviewed in Australia on 11 September 2024Verified PurchaseBook was of a good quality, a few marks on the leather cover but other than that it arrived ok.
Book was of a good quality, a few marks on the leather cover but other than that it arrived ok.
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- Reviewed in Australia on 20 October 2020Verified PurchaseWhat a magnificent recital of the human condition. Such a forceful exploration of rejection, love, hatred and revenge.
Highly recommended
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Iris París TorresReviewed in Spain on 12 February 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars Te atrapa
Verified PurchaseMuy cautivador el personaje de Frankenstein con todos sus matices. Lectura recomendable. Narrativa y vocabulario faciles de comprender aún cuando el inglés no es mi lengua materna.
- Nilton C. TeixeiraReviewed in Canada on 3 February 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding creativity!
Verified Purchase“Frankenstein has done more than any other story to define the anxieties of modern life. But it’s what it tells us about compassion that we need now more than ever.”, by Rebecca Lawrence (BBC Culture - June 13, 2018)
If you think that because you have watched the movie adaptations you can skip this book, then you don’t know what you are missing.
The movie obscured Shelley’s intentions.
This is not a horror book.
It’s a drama at its finest.
The writing is fascinating!
And if you add the audiobook narrated by Dan Stevens you will be transported to the era and be totally involved in the emotional rollercoaster.
The writing is complex and vivid and expresses the anguish of both monster and creator.
I thought the story was exceptionally well told and the writing definitely brought it to life.
What I enjoyed the most is that we have the monster’s perspective.
What an incredible imagination!
The author was 18 years old and this book was written in 1818, so take that into consideration.
What a great read!
- AjayReviewed in Singapore on 20 September 2024
2.0 out of 5 stars Flimsy cover and smaller size 2/5
Verified PurchaseOnly issues Is the cover which seems very flimsy and substandard, height of the book is also quite short so the font size is also smaller
AjayFlimsy cover and smaller size 2/5
Reviewed in Singapore on 20 September 2024
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- ShyamaReviewed in India on 4 August 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best classics
Verified PurchaseComing from one of the most authentic authoress of the British Romantic Age, Mary Shelly's Frankenstein delves into the repercussions of thirst for knowledge. The plot starts with an epistle of Walton to his sister describing his sea voyage and the story of rescued man called Victor Frankenstein whose knowledge of Natural Philosophy and chemistry makes him a creator of a "Daemon". He relates his story of making this creature who turned his life upside-down. As unbiased as it is, Mary Shelley also gets into the mind and experience of the creature. Though of eight feet, the creature is a new born child who was abandoned without any speech and knowledge of the world. The creature suffers in the hands of the country people, even from the people he has called "my protectors". When disregarded and ill treated by the people he loved, he follows his creator to make a deal with him. But when Frankenstein, out of human instinct, didn't abide to his demand, the creature goes mad with rage and starts killing the people Frankenstein loves. Towards the end when Frankenstein dies in Walton's ship, the creature, having no more purpose of life, goes away.
From a reader's perspective, both the characters were well written and well developed. No one can be blamed for their endeavors. They have done what they thought would be the right thing to do. I have my sympathy for Victor Frankenstein but my heart cried for the creature. He has suffering having no fault of his own. The creature was more humane than humans. He has sympathy for everyone even though he has killed people out of sheer rage.
The theme of Alienation is so powerfully depicted through the experience of the creature. Even though written 150 years before the concept of existentialism and absurdism were developed, this novel is concerned with mid-20th Century world. Involuntarily, Mary Shelley has prophesied the future of the succeeding generation.
Undoubtedly this book has won over hearts all over the world and maintained its value and intensity for three centuries and will keep doing it for the centuries to come.