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FRANKENSTEIN ENGLISH EDITION - MARY WOLLSTONECR...

One of BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World. Frankenstein is the most famous novel by Mary
Shelley: a dark parable of science misused.   Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library  a
series of stunning  pocket-sized classics bound in real cloth with gold foiled edges and ribbon
markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. The novel is
produced here in its original form and with an afterword by David Pinching.  Victor
Frankenstein  a brilliant but wayward scientist  builds a human from dead flesh. Horrified at
what he has done  he abandons his creation. The hideous creature learns language and becomes
civilized but society rejects him. Spurned  he seeks vengeance on his creator. So begins a
cycle of destruction  with Frankenstein and his 'monster' pursuing each other to the extremes
of nature until all vestiges of their humanity are lost. In 1831  Mary Shelley succumbed to
conservative pressures and toned down elements of the work in a second version of the text 
which is reproduced here.

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