Timeless Classics--designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic. These classic novels will grab a student's attention from the first page. Audiobook for each title is paced for students to follow the text word-for-word and include two audio CDs--more[...]
We know the facts of Mary Shelley's life in some detail--the death of her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, within days of her birth; the upbringing in the house of her father, William Godwin, in a house full of radical thinkers, poets, philosophers, and writers; her elopement, at the age of seventeen, w[...]
'If we get another literary biography in 2018 as astute and feelingful as this one, we shall be lucky.' - John Carey, Sunday TimesMary Shelley was brought up by her father in a house filled with radical thinkers, poets, philosophers and writers of the day. Aged sixteen, she eloped with Percy Bysshe[...]
Mary Shelley, whose Frankenstein is the foundation of modern SF, fantasy and horror fiction, was born to the writer William Godwin and social campaigner Mary Wollstonecraft. This new, special collection brings together extracts of her novels and short stories, with an emphasis on the supernatural.[...]
This eBook features the unabridged text of 'Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)' from the bestselling edition of 'The Complete Works of Mary Shelley'. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications t[...]
This eBook features the unabridged text of 'The Complete Short Stories by Mary Shelley - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)' from the bestselling edition of 'The Complete Works of Mary Shelley'. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce [...]
In the summer of 1816, aged nineteen, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. A pioneering work of science fiction, it captured the popular imagination from the start. The daughter of radical philosopher William Godwin and pioneering feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley lived an unconventional life [...]
"Invention ... does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos"--Mary Shelley
In the two hundred years since its first publication, the story of Frankenstein's creation during stormy days and nights at Byron's Villa Diodati on Lake Geneva has become literary legend. In this compel[...]
Frankenstein is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797-1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque but sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was only 18. Frankenstein is infus[...]
Seit ihrer Veröffentlichung vor fast 200 Jahren hat die Geschichte von Frankenstein und seinem Ungeheuer die Leser fasziniert.[...]
Victor Frankenstein vokste opp i Genève i Sveits i en velstående familie. Hans studerer naturvitenskap i Tyskland, og faget blir etter hvert en besettelse. Frankenstein isolerer seg fra omverdenen og fordyper seg i vitenskapen. Etter fire år er han i stand til å skape et menneske ved hjelp av kr[...]
Klassiker: Berättelsen om vetenskapsmannen Victor Frankenstein och hans experiment med att skapa liv.[...]
Alla har vi stött på om inte annat i filmparodier varianter av historien om den galne vetenskapsmannen och hans ohyggliga skapelse, en varelse konstruerad av mänskliga likdelar som väckts till liv med hjälp av elektricitet, och uttrycket "Frankensteins monster" ingår som ett begrepp i vardag[...]
Victor Frankenstein drömmer om att skapa en ny
varelse. Han samlar ben och kött från kyrkogårdar och han gör beräkningar och bygger apparater. En natt väcks hans skapelse till liv och istället för den storslagna människa Frankenstein tänkt sig står han nu ansikte mot ansikte [...]