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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'He stretched out his two long, lank arms, that looked like spider's claws, and seemed to embrace with them the expanse...

Author: Mary Shelley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a groundbreaking work of Gothic fiction that continues to captivate readers with its exploration of the human...

A terrifying vision of scientific progress without moral limits, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein leads the reader on an unsettling journey from the sublime beauty of the Swiss alps to the desolate...

Launching a major new paperback series- Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 'Never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face,...

From the author of Frankenstein comes this apocalyptic tale of a world devastated by plague. Mary Shelley's 1826 roman a clef takes place in the late 21st century, as England'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 and chilled readers since its...

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. With the author's own 1831...

Mary Shelley's landmark novel that invented the human extinction genre and initiated climate fiction, imagining a world where newly-forged communities and reverence for nature rises from the ashes of a...

A stunning new clothbound edition of Mary Shelley's infamous work of horror fiction Obsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being,...

Victor Frankenstein is obsessed with the secret of resurrecting the dead. But when he makes a new 'man' out of plundered corpses, his hideous creation fills him disgust. Rejected by...

One of the best known horror stories ever. Victor Frankenstein, a Swiss scientist, has a great ambition: to create intelligent life. But when his creature first stirs, he realizes he...

She did not mean to. But she has killed, and killed, and killed again. Dundee, 1812. Isabel Baxter awaits the arrival of Mary Godwin, a girl of precocious intellect and...

Puffin Clothbound Classics - stunningly beautiful hardback editions of the most famous stories in the world Victor Frankenstein has made a terrible mistake. In his desperate pursuit to create life,...

Since it was first published in 1818, Mary Shelley's seminal novel has generated countless print, stage and screen adaptations, but none has ever matched the power and philosophical resonance of...

This Norton Critical Edition includes: The 1818 first edition text of the novel, introduced and annotated by J. Paul Hunter. Three maps and eight illustrations. A wealth of source and...

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A suspense-filled retelling of the dark summer that should have broken Mary Shelley - but inspired her to write Frankenstein instead . . . Villa Diodati, Lake Geneva, 1816. Eighteen-year-old...

A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Mary Shelley's gothic masterpiece with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon. A beautiful deluxe gift edition...

It's alive! ...Again! Frankenstein Lives brings to life the enduring legacy of Mary Shelley's Creature in thrilling images and captivating commentary. Beginning with the story of Mary Shelley's conception of...

Frankenstein , the frightening classic tale, is now available in an affordable softcover edition, featuring striking hand-painted cover art from Laci Fowler and distinctive interior design elements, making it ideal...

For the bicentennial of its first publication, Mary Shelley's original 1818 text, introduced by National Book Critics Circle award-winner Charlotte Gordon. Mary Shelley's classic novel, presented in its original 1818...

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Ambitious, knowledge-hungry student Victor Frankenstein lights upon the secret of breathing life into inanimate objects. After gathering a collection of body parts, he embarks on a macabre construction exercise, endowing...

Author: Lesley McDowellFormat: Hardback, 162mm x 236mm, 640g, 400 pagesPublished: Headline Publishing Group, United Kingdom, 2024**The spellbinding, bold new retelling of the story of Lord Byron and the Shelleys, from...

It's aliiiiiiiive! The New York Times bestselling authors of My Lady Jane present an electric, poetic, and (almost) historical tale of the one and only Mary Shelley-perfect for YA fantasy...

It's aliiiiiiiive! The New York Times bestselling authors of My Lady Jane present an electric, poetic, and (almost) historical tale of the one and only Mary Shelley-perfect for YA fantasy...

The book titled Shelley: The Pursuit by the author Richard Holmes. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In Traversal , Maria Popova traverses the border between life and death, chance and choice, chemistry and consciousness: what makes a body a person? What makes a planet a world?...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFew voices in literary history burn with the same fierce, incandescent brilliance as Percy Bysshe Shelley's — a poet who turned radical...

A major new anthology of Percy Bysshe Shelley's work, edited by Jack Donovan and Cian Duffy Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the leading English Romantics and is critically regarded...

A biography of Claire Clairmont, stepsister of Mary Shelley and mother of Byron's illegitimate daughter Allegra, by the late Robert Gittings and Jo Manton. Drawing on her letters and journals,...

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The Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings. This volume, with its erudite introduction by Mario...

It's alive! ...Again! Frankenstein Lives brings to life the enduring legacy of Mary Shelley's Creature in thrilling images and captivating commentary. Beginning with the story of Mary Shelley's conception of...

"an absolutely fascinating selection - notable for its women poets, its intriguing thematic categories, and its helpful mini biographies" - Richard Holmes The Romanticism that emerged after the American and...

Author: Peter HainingBinding: HardbackPublished: Frederick Muller, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket spine has light tanningThis biographical work uncovers the true story behind Mary Shelley's...

A deluxe illustrated edition of Mary Shelley's horror classic - the first story in a bold new direction for the MinaLima Classics, the best-selling series from the renowned design studio...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Part of the respected Literature in Perspective series, this critical study presents...

**The spellbinding, bold new retelling of the story of Lord Byron and the Shelleys, from the perspective of Claire Clairmont, the incredible woman that history tried to forget.**'Beautifully written, Clairmont...

Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, Frankenstein , introduced readers around the world to the concept of raising the dead through scientific procedures. Those who read the book were thrilled by this...

The Age of Wonder is a colorful and utterly absorbing history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to...

A gripping and gruesome retelling of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein brought to life for a new generation of readers by Carnegie Medal winning author Tanya Landman. A thrilling gothic tale of...