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Frankenstein, or, The modern prometheus

ISBN: 9780679409991
ISBN: 0679409998
Physical Description: xxxiii, 231 pages ; 21 cm. print
Publisher: New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1992.

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft 1797-1851 (Author).

Summary: At this challenge, Mary Shelley began work on the 'ghost story' that was to evolve into the most celebrated horror novel in literary history. Frankenstein was published the next year and become the rage of London. In the generations since, the story of Victor Frankenstein and the monster he created has been read by millions all over the world. It has inspired hundreds of imitations, but it has never been equaled for its masterful manipulation of the elements of horror and suspense.