Frankenstein book by Mary Shelley (Arcturus)
Frankenstein book by Mary Shelley
This elegant hardback edition presents a classic tale from Greek mythology, featuring gold cover embossing and gilded page-edges.
Frankenstein - or, the Modern Prometheus - is considered to be one of the earliest examples of science fiction.
Written by Mary Shelley, wife of the Romantic poet, Percy Bysshe Shelly, it tells the story of scientist Victor Frankenstein and the catastrophic consequences of his attempts to create a perfect new being by activating a group of body parts with an electrical charge.
The hideous monster that is born of Frankenstein's experiment wreaks havoc when it realises that it will never know the happiness that mere mortals can enjoy.
This edition contains the popular 1831 version of the text which includes more of Victor's motivations and thoughts for creating life.
This beautiful pocket-sized gift edition is presented with an embossed cover design, ivory pages, beautifully designed endpapersand gold gilded page edges. Part of the Arcturus Ornate Classics series, this book makes wonderful gift for any lover of classic literature.
Format: hardcover
Size: 3.9in (W) x 6.5in (L)
Page Count: 208 pages
This is an Arcturus Ornate Classics
The Arcturus Ornate Classics series brings together beautiful gift editions of classic literature, featuring striking embossed cover designs and gilded page edges. These pocket-sized hardcovers make wonderful collectibles for your home library, containing timeless wisdom from across philosophy, spirituality and religion.
The Arcturus Ornate Classics include:
•The Art of War by Sun Tzu
•The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
•The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
•The Federalist Papers
•The Constitution of the United States
•Classic Tales of Horror by Edgar Allan Poe
•Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
•The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
•The Egyptian Book of the Dead
•The Way of the Samurai by Inazo Nitobe
•Greek Mythology by V.C. Turnbull & Nathaniel Hawthorne
•Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
•A Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
•Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
•Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
•Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen
•Dracula by Bram Stoker
•Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
•The Odyssey by Homer
•Poetry of Emily Dickenson
•The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
•Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
•Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
•The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
•The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
•The Analects of Confucious
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