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Frankenstein (Paperback)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; Illustrated by Bernie Wrightson; Introduction by Stephen King
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Mary Shelley’s timeless gothic classic accompanied by the art of
legendary illustrator Bernie Wrightson live on in this gorgeous
illustrated adaptation of Frankenstein—featuring an introduction
by Stephen King. 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, which vividly
presented the timeless, terrifying tale of one man’s obsession to
create life—and the monster that became his legacy. A generation
later, this magnificent pairing of art and literature is still
considered to be one of the greatest achievements made by any
artist in the field. This book includes the complete text of the
original groundbreaking novel and approximately fifty original
full-page illustrations by Bernie Wrightson—created over a period
of seven years—that continue to stun the world with their
monumental beauty and uniqueness. This edition also contains
introductions by #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King
and author Mary Shelley, as well as supplemental material including
a history of the novel, a chronology of Mary Shelley’s life and
work, and the historical context of Frankenstein for readers.
By the dim and yellow light of the moon, as it forced its way
through the window-shutters, I beheld the wretch-the miserable
monster whom I had created. He held up the curtain of the bed; and
his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws
opened... Frankenstein is the most celebrated horror story ever
written. It tells the dreadful tale of Victor Frankenstein, a
visionary young student of natural philosophy, who discovers the
secret of life. In the grip of his obsession he constructs a being
from dead body parts, and animates this creature. The results, for
Victor and for his family, are catastrophic. Written when Mary
Shelley was just eighteen, Frankenstein was inspired by the ghost
stories and vogue for Gothic literature that fascinated the
Romantic writers of her time. She transformed these supernatural
elements an epic parable that warned against the threats to
humanity posed by accelerating technological progress. Published
for the 200th anniversary, this edition, based on the original 1818
text, explains in detail the turbulent intellectual context in
which Shelley was writing, and also investigates how her novel has
since become a byword for controversial practices in science and
medicine, from manipulating ecosystems to vivisection and genetic
modification. As an iconic study of power, creativity, and,
ultimately, what it is to be human, Frankenstein continues to shape
our thinking in profound ways to this day.
The classic novel brought to life in full color! 'Cursed be the
hands that formed you'! True to the original novel, Declan
Shalvey's naturally gothic artistic style is a perfect match for
this epic tale. "Frankenstein" is such a well known title, yet the
films strayed so far beyond the original novel that many people
today don't realize how this classic horror tale deals with such
timeless subjects as alienation, empathy and understanding beyond
appearance. This is another great story, beautifully crafted into a
superb graphic novel.
One of three Signature Select Classics chapbooks steeped in the
thrills and chills of the gothic tradition, publishing
simultaneously with chapbooks of similarly weird works by Edgar
Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft. This stunning chapbook--perfect for
fans of the mysterious and macabre--comprises Mary Shelley's
classic tale of a botched experiment in immortality, "The Mortal
Immortal," and "On Ghosts: An Essay," her appraisal of popular
ghost legends. It features elegantly designed cardstock covers with
flaps and intricate foil-stamped designs.
Shelley's suspenseful and intellectually rich gothic tale confronts
some of the most important and enduring themes in all of
literature--the power of human imagination, the potential hubris of
science, the gulf between appearance and essence, the effects of
human cruelty, the desire for revenge and the need for forgiveness,
and much more.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has
made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the
globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to
scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of
other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading
authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date
bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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Frankenstein (Paperback)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; Retold by Gill Tavner; Illustrated by Vanessa Lubach
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R183
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You must hear my tale. You must hear my terrible, terrible tale.
Committed to the deadly pursuit of the monster he created, Victor
Frankenstein tells his chilling story. It all began with a desire
to help mankind, but where will it end?Frankenstein leads us
through vast mountainous landscapes and over frozen seas. Can he
stop the fiend s murderous course? Is he prepared to do what the
monster demands?The reader will be shocked and surprised. Is the
monster as evil as he seems? Is Victor Frankenstein responsible for
the tortures he himself endures? What can Frankenstein s terrible
tale teach us today?"Real Reads" are accessible texts designed to
support the literacy development of primary and lower secondary age
children while introducing them to the riches of our international
literary heritage. Each book is a retelling of a work of great
literature from one of the world s greatest cultures, fitted into a
64-page book, making classic stories, dramas and histories
available to intelligent young readers as a bridge to the full
texts, to language students wanting access to other cultures, and
to adult readers who are unlikely ever to read the original
versions."
An annotated and illustrated edition of Mary Shelley's classic
work, celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2018. First published in
1818, Frankenstein has spellbound, disturbed, and fascinated
readers for generations. One of the most haunting and enduring
works ever written in English, it has inspired numerous retellings
and sequels in virtually every medium, making the Frankenstein myth
familiar even to those who have never read a word of Mary Shelley's
remarkable novel. Now, this freshly annotated, illustrated edition
illuminates the novel and its electrifying afterlife with unmatched
detail and vitality. From the first decade after publication,
"Frankenstein" became a byword for any new, disturbing developments
in science, technology, and human imagination. The editors'
Introduction explores the fable's continuing presence in popular
culture and intellectual life as well as the novel's genesis and
composition. Mary Shelley's awareness of European politics and
history, her interest in the poets and philosophical debates of the
day, and especially her genius in distilling her personal traumas
come alive in this engaging essay. The editors' commentary, placed
conveniently alongside the text, provides stimulating company.
Their often surprising observations are drawn from a lifetime of
reading and teaching the novel. A wealth of illustrations, many in
color, immerses the reader in Shelley's literary and social world,
in the range of artwork inspired by her novel, as well as in
Frankenstein's provocative cinematic career. The fresh light that
The Annotated Frankenstein casts on a story everyone thinks is
familiar will delight readers while deepening their understanding
of Mary Shelley's novel and the Romantic era in which it was
created.
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Frankenstein (Hardcover)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; Illustrated by Ken Barr; Adapted by Larry Weinberg
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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 suspense.
Includes the author's own 1831 introduction.
The story of Victor Frankenstein's terrible creation and the havoc it caused. With the author's own 1831 introduction.
"I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life and stir with an uneasy, half-vital motion." A summer evening's ghost stories, lonely insomnia in a moonlit Alpine's room, and a runaway imagination--fired by philosophical discussions with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley about science, galvanism, and the origins of life--conspired to produce for Marry Shelley this haunting night specter. By morning, it had become the germ of her Romantic masterpiece, Frankenstein. Written in 1816 when she was only nineteen, Mary Shelley's novel of "The Modern Prometheus" chillingly dramatized the dangerous potential of life begotten upon a laboratory table. A frightening creation myth for our own time, Frankenstein remains one of the greatest horror stories ever written and is an undisputed classic of its kind.
The Original Gothic-Horror Literary Classic
Mary Shelley's deceptively simple story of Victor Frankenstein
and the creature he brings to life, first published in 1818, is now
more widely read-and more widely discussed by scholars-than any
other work of the Romantic period. From the creature's creation to
his wild lament over the dead body of his creator in the Arctic
wastes, the story retains its narrative hold on the reader even as
it spins off ideas in rich profusion.
About the Author:
Mary Shelley (30 August 1797 - 1 February 1851) was a British
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. She died in London in 1851.
"This is the definitive collectors edition and is a stunning and
impressive uanabridged representation of a classic literary
work."
- Publisher's Weekly
By the dim and yellow light of the moon, as it forced its way
through the window-shutters, I beheld the wretch-the miserable
monster whom I had created. He held up the curtain of the bed; and
his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws
opened...' Frankenstein is the most celebrated horror story ever
written. It tells the dreadful tale of Victor Frankenstein, a
visionary young student of natural philosophy, who discovers the
secret of life. In the grip of his obsession he constructs a being
from dead body parts, and animates this creature. The results, for
Victor and for his family, are catastrophic. Written when Mary
Shelley was just eighteen, Frankenstein was inspired by the ghost
stories and vogue for Gothic literature that fascinated the
Romantic writers of her time. She transformed these supernatural
elements an epic parable that warned against the threats to
humanity posed by accelerating technological progress. Published
for the 200th anniversary, this edition, based on the original 1818
text, explains in detail the turbulent intellectual context in
which Shelley was writing, and also investigates how her novel has
since become a byword for controversial practices in science and
medicine, from manipulating ecosystems to vivisection and genetic
modification. As an iconic study of power, creativity, and,
ultimately, what it is to be human, Frankenstein continues to shape
our thinking in profound ways to this day.
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Shelley possessed two remarkable qualities of intellect--a
brilliant imagination, and a logical exactness of reason. His
inclinations led him (he fancied) almost alike to poetry and
metaphysical discussions. I say 'he fancied, ' because I believe
the former to have been paramount, and that it would have gained
the mastery even had he struggled against it
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The Last Man (Paperback)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; Edited by Morton D. Paley
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R350
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'The last man! I may well describe that solitary being's feelings,
feeling myself as the last relic of a beloved race, my companions
extinct before me.' Mary Shelley, Journal (May 1824). Best
remembered as the author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley wrote The
Last Man eight years later, on returning to England from Italy
after her husband's death. It is the twenty-first century, and
England is a republic governed by a ruling elite, one of whom,
Adrian, Earl of Windsor, has introduced a Cumbrian boy to the
circle. This outsider, Lionel Verney, narrates the story, a tale of
complicated, tragic love, and of the gradual extermination of the
human race by plague. The Last Man also functions as an intriguing
roman a clef, for the saintly Adrian is a monument to Percy Bysshe
Shelley, and his friend Lord Raymond is a portrait of Byron. The
novel offers a vision of the future that expresses a reaction
against Romanticism, as Shelley demonstrates the failure of the
imagination and of art to redeem her doomed characters. ABOUT THE
SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made
available the widest range of literature from around the globe.
Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship,
providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable
features, including expert introductions by leading authorities,
helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for
further study, and much more.
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Lodore (Paperback)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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R308
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Also published as The Beautiful Widow, Mary Shelley's penultimate
novel explores the web of relationships between three women, bound
together by the exacting Lord Lodore: his estranged wife Cornelia,
a woman ruled by her mother and the norms of aristocratic society;
his daughter Ethel, raised in the wilderness of Illinois and
utterly dependent on her father; and finally, the independent and
highly educated Fanny Derham, the daughter of Lodore's childhood
friend. At first glance, Lodore appears to be a "silver fork"
novel--a popular romance genre from the Regency era about life in
fashionable society--yet Shelley's take imbues the story with
subversive critiques of domesticity and masculinity. Long
considered the most Jane Austen-like of Mary Shelley's novels,
Lodore is an essential read for anyone seeking to understand this
brilliant feminist writer.
From the bits and pieces of dead bodies and the power of
electricity, the brilliant Victor Frankenstein fashions a new form
of life - only to discover, too late, the irreparable damage he has
caused. Mary Shelley's tragic story of the creation of man, or
monster, is as compelling and powerful now as it was when it was
written. Abridged for easier reading and carefully rewritten, with
"Classic Starts[trademark]", young readers can experience the
wonder of timeless stories from an early age.
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