A beautiful new hardback edition of Mary Shelley's Gothic horror classic, Frankenstein, to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the book's first publicationINCLUDES A CULTURAL HISTORY OF FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTERNavigating the Arctic, the captain of a ship rescues a man wandering near death across the ice caps. How the man got there reveals itself a story of ambition, murder and revenge. As a young scientist, Victor Frankenstein pushed moral boundaries in order to cross the final frontier and create life. But his creation is a monster stitched together from grave-plundered body parts who has no place in the world, and his existence can only lead to tragedy.**One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**
ISBN: | 9781784874414 |
Publisher: | Random House |
Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
Published date: | 26 Jul 2018 |
DEWEY: | 823.7 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 237 |
Weight: | 374g |
Height: | 214mm |
Width: | 139mm |
Spine width: | 25mm |