An abriged version of the novel in which 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.[...]
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.[...]
Victor Frankenstein, an ambitious young scientist and seeker after knowledge, considers it the pinnacle of his career when he makes a Creature in his own name. But his triumph soon turns to horror, and he is appalled when the Creature, denied a female counterpart, turns against his creator and commi[...]
This is a sumptuous leatherbound version of the original 1818 edition. It is a beautiful, leatherbound edition of a timeless classic with a ribbon marker and decorated endpapers. "Frankenstein", or the "Modern Prometheus" by Mary Shelley was first published in 1818. A monster assembled by a scientis[...]
Presented in hardcover, this title has been carefully edited and reset in a modern design for greater readability. It includes an introduction, informative notes and a chronology of the writer's life and times to enable the reader to gain a deeper understanding of these enduring works.[...]
Where did the space heroes go to die? From Warren Ellis, the writer who reinvented science fiction in comics in the alternate-world style of the award-winning "Ministry Of Space" and "Aetheric Mechanics", here comes a retropunk 'future of the past' where spaceships still belched smoke and arguments [...]
"This text follows Mary Shelley's revised edition of 1831"--T.p. verso.
Few works by comic-book artists have earned the universal acclaim and reverence that Bernie Wrightson's illustrated version of "Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein" was met with upon its original release in 1983. Twenty-five years later, this magnificent pairing of art and literature is still[...]
Dr. Frankenstein learns the secret of imparting life to inanimate matter. To test his theories, he collects bones from the charnel-houses to construct a "human" being, and then gives it life. The creature, endowed with supernatural size and strength, is revolting to look at, and frightens all who se[...]
Few creatures of horror have seized readers' imaginations and held them for so long as the anguished monster of Shelley's "Frankenstein." The story of Victor Frankenstein's monstrous creation and the havoc it caused has enthralled generations of readers and inspired countless writers of horror and s[...]
Begun when the author was only eighteen, and conceived from a nightmare, Frankenstein is the deeply disturbing story of a monstrous creation which has terrified readers since its first publication in 1818. The novel has seared its way into the popular imagination, and established itself as one of th[...]
The Last Man is Mary Shelley's apocalyptic fantasy of the end of human civilisation. Set in the late twenty-first century, the novel unfolds a sombre and pessimistic vision of mankind confronting inevitable destruction. Interwoven with her futuristic theme, Mary Shelley incorporates idealised portra[...]
Mathilda is Mary Shelley's haunting story of an incestuous and fatal love. The narrative traces the teenaged Mathilda's reunion with her unnamed father, and the development of their obsessive bond that culminates in suicide. Shelley's own father, William Godwin, was so disturbed after reading the ma[...]
A knight living alone in his isolated mountain fortress shows hospitality to two pilgrims who one day appear from the mountains, seeking shelter. Entreating him to tell them of his sorrow, the knight unburdens himself and tells a tragic tale of love and loss. Resigned to the bitter fate that life ha[...]
One in a new series of fiction titles, each of them written by a master storyteller. Great writing, great entertainment and exceptional value.[...]