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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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A dog named Wishbone retells the classic horror tale of brilliant young scientist Victor Frankenstein, who discovers the secret to bringing a creature to life, only to create a horrifying beast. ... Read more

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This is a good book
I liked this book a lot.I liked that there are pictures and there are definishions for words that you may not know.There are also parts where wishbone tells you about things.He tells you about places and interesting facts that go along with the book.The scientist that makes the monsterhas to go and find it because it is killing people. ... Read more

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Featuring "Dracula", "Jekyll and Hyde" and "Frankenstein", this book looks at the three novels and their interpretation in cinema. "Dracula" features the vampires of Transylvania, "Frankenstein" looks at a scientist's monster and "Jekyll and Hyde" looks at the evil/good split in human nature. ... Read more

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin) (1797-1851) was an English romantic gothic novelist. She received an excellent education, which was unusual for girls at the time. She never went to school, but she was taught to read and write by Louisa Jones, and then educated in a broad range of subjects by her father, who gave her free access to his extensive library. In particular, she was encouraged to write stories, and one of these early works Mounseer Nongtongpaw was published by the Godwin Company's Juvenile Library when she was only eleven. One night, perhaps attributable to Galvani's report, Mary had a waking dream; she recounted the episode in this way: "What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow. " This nightmare served as the basis for the novel that she entitled Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). Amongst her other works are: The Last Man, Proserpine, Midas and Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. ... Read more

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The books in this series provide lower ability pupils and pupils with special educational needs access to the true texts of classic novels, combining abridged text from the original stories with storyboard layouts and illustrations. Each page is annotated for easy access and "think" boxes encourage pupils to discuss and address key points as they read. This text is the pupil's book for "Frankenstein" and contains just the novel, so that students will be able to get a feel for the whole text, and teachers will be able to use the books as they wish without being limited by prescribed activities. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1911. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks, notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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This is the first collection of all Mary Shelley's novels, travel-writing, journalism and prefaces. The edition makes a major contribution to the study of nineteenth-century English literature. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) was the only child of the famous radicals, Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin. In 1814 she eloped with, and later married, Percy Bysshe Shelley. After his death in 1822 she returned to London where she pursued a professional writing career. Her most famous work is Frankenstein (1818), but she was author also of six other novels: Matilda (1819), Valperga (1823), The Last Man (1826), Perkin Warbeck (1830), Lodore (1835) and Falkner (1837). She also wrote for various magazines and journals (including the Westminster Review and the London Magazine). She wrote two works of travel-writing - History of a Six Weeks' Tour (1817) and Rambles in Germany and Italy (1844). Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is the single most widely read work of the English Romantic period, yet the author's other works - including five novels, two travel books, essays and reviews - remain relatively unknown.Well received in their own era, they gained for Mary Shelley the reputation of an important, imaginative, and at times, controversial, author. ... Read more

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This collection contains all five of Mary Shelley's supernatural stories, and will hopefully shed much needed light on an author often credited with writing the first science fiction novel. Here you will find the secrets of eternal youth, souls that exchange bodies, and ancient Englishmen and Romans newly thawed out of ice.In addition to several stories by Mary Shelley, this volume also features a brand new story by renowned science fiction author Michael Bishop. This work serves as a narrative introduction for this collection.Mary Shelley's considerable reputation rests squarely on the shoulders of her one great novel - Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, published anonymously in 1818 and revised under her own byline in 1831. Her powerful tale of blasphemous creation is perhaps more familiar to modern readers through its many film adaptations as it is from the book itself. From Boris Karloff's electrifying performance as Frankenstein to Kenneth Branaugh's latest directorial rendering, the story has received numerous interpretations which have renewed interest in the book time and time again.However, Shelley's other works have not fared as well as Frankenstein. She wrote just a handful of novels, of which only The Last Man (1826) has remained sporadically in print, due to its great length and slow, ornate and often tedious use of language. A precursor to such disaster novels as George R. Stewart's Earth Abides and Richard Jeffries' After London, The Last Man follows its protagonist Lionel Verney through a distant future world which has been depopulated by plague.The shorter works of Mary Shelley have remained even more obscure. During her lifetime, she published just over two-dozen stories, only three of which were of interest to readers of science fiction and fantasy. In addition to these three supernaturally-themed stories, two additional stories were published after Shelley's death. "Roger Dodsworth: The Reanimated Englishman," was printed in a volume of reminisces by a magazine editor who had commissioned the story thirty years earlier. "Valerius: The Reanimated Roman," a story in a similar vein to "Roger Dodsworth," remained unpublished until 1976, when both stories were discovered by Charles E. Robinson, a Shelley scholar and professor of English at the University of Delaware. ... Read more

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Beset by jealousy over and admirer of his wife’s, Lord Lodore has come with his daughter Ethel to the American wilderness; his wife Cornelia, meanwhile, has remained with her controlling mother in England.When he finally brings himself to attempt a return, Lodore is killed en route in a duel.Ethel does return to England, and the rest of the book tells the story of her marriage to the troubled and impoverished Villiers (whom she stands by through a variety of tribulations) and her long journey to a reconciliation with her mother.

Lodore’s scope of character and of idea is matched by its narrative range and variety of setting; the novel’s highly dramatic story-line moves at different points to Italy, to Illinois, and to Niagara Falls.And in this edition, which includes a wealth of documents from the period, the reader is provided with a sense of the full context out of which Shelley’s achievement emerged. ... Read more

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Fabulous insite to Mary Shelley's life
I loved this book.Mystically it brought me a better understanding of Mary Shelley's life.Unfortunately I was forced to read it in a dusty room in the basement of Cambridge's library because no one has it in stock.The publisher MUST reprint this book because it is an absolute must for all Mary Shelley fans.Don't just stop at Frankenstein, there is so much more grotesque writing of Mary Shelley to experience. ... Read more

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The criticism offered on "Frankenstein" in this volume and the detailed bibliographic and historical textualization, make this book an extensive study of this classic work by MaryShelley. This book contains five critical essays that introduce major contemporary approaches to the text and are usefully introduced by explanatory notes on each critical approach. ... Read more

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Essays not effective for undergraduates
To start, let me say that I'm an admirer of this series, and have found other books in the series extremely useful (Turn of the Screw, House of Mirth). Having taught the Frankenstein edition this quarter, though, I find myself disappointed in the selection of essays, most of which seem to date from an unfortunate moment in the history of critical theory, a time when critics tended to ape the style of their masters (Lacan and Derrida in particular), letting short bursts of dense ideas substitute for sustained explication. I say "unfortunate" because while such density has its place (more, to my mind, in Lacan or Derrida themselves, who have a linguistic and theoretical purpose for their density), it is off-putting in a volume that purports to be an introduction to critical theory implicitly for undergraduates. Ironically or not, Smith's own contribution is by far the clearest of the bunch, with the psychoanalytic contribution appearing nearly unreadable to most undergraduates and many graduate students (thanks to an intense, and to my eyes rare, focus on Lacan's Imaginary Order). I will not teach this volume again.

Critical Theory and Frankenstein
This edition contains several critical essays about Frankenstein (they follow the actual story).Each essay uses a particular literary theory and applies it to the text 9in front of the essay is a description/analysis of the theory being used).For example, one essay applies Freud's Oedipus Complex and Lacan's Mirror Stage to the development of Victor and the monster.Some of the other theories are Feminism, Marxism and New Historicism.It is interesting to see the novel from all these different perspectives.Expect to see contradictions in interruptions from theory to theory.My only complaint is the selection of essays. Half of them are poorly chosen (ex. Psychoanalysis and Feminism).I could have selected a better selection.The essays can be very confusing; jumping all over the place and trying to cover to many ideas at once.It takes awhile simply to figure out exactly what the author's main point is. You would have better luck simply researching the theory and then applying what you know yourself to the text.Either way, it is a fun exercise and makes one appreciate even more just how amazing a book it truly is.

Frankenstein
I enjoyed this book, even though it was nothing like anything that I expected.When I first thought of Frankenstein, I saw a creature that was ten feet tall, had bolts in his neck, and was hideously ugly.As I started reading the book, I soon realized that Frankenstein wasn't the name of the creature at all, it was the inventor.Mary Shelley never gave the creature a name, which I thought was odd.She did give a description of him, but I was surprised that it was nothing like the "classical image of Frankenstein."This book was at times hard to follow, and hard to predict.At times, I wondered if this hideous creature was really so bad.Mary Shelley painted this picture of thoughtfulness and actually gave the creature a heart.He was seen as a monster by society, when in fact he had the heart of a human to the reader.This book puts all the movies that I have ever seen about Frankenstein to shame.I started to wonder where the writers of the movie got their information, because they changed one of the most important elements of the book-the creation and the character names.

A book for all ages...
Frankenstein is a book for all ages.Frankenstein has shown versatility throughout its life.This book has been adapted by its readers to represent all eras.It offers the reader a look not only into the past but also to the near future.With such things as the Human Gnome project in mid-flourish Frankenstein has yet again opened the eyes of its readers.The horror is not in the story but is in the representation it presents to us today.Technology, science, love, and when you throw in the ambition of "Victor" you can closely relate to this tale.Mary Schelley may have never intended for Frankenstein to be a book into the subconscious, or a representation of Marxist ideologies and various other criticism, but it has lend itself to be a perfect subject for study.Frankenstein is truly a book worthy of reading by the most critical of readers.

Frankenstien Now Unserstood
There is a certain image that is attached with the name Frankenstien that just makes people all over think of a mad scientists creation that is 10 feet tall with bolts on his neck, green skin, and viens popping out all over. In reality, Mary Shelley had a much different picture painted for readers in her book Frankenstein. Shelley does an amazing job of depicting her story of the creator whose name is Frankenstein, not the creatures, journey through his own psychological difficulties. Her use of imagrey and detail makes it and easy read for high school, college students, old and young alike. It is a classic tale of what goes around, comes around and in the end, you pay for your decisions 10 fold.There is continuious adventure and mystery learking with each turn of a page, and this keeps the reader on the edge. This novel is one of adventure and drama, and I give it a 10! ... Read more

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Pride of place on my bookshelf
I have the hardcover edition of this book.The oversize illustrations by Wrightson are amazing.When friends visit and thumb through it, they are always taken aback by the strength and subtlety of Wrightson's pen.One drawing is a two page spread of Dr. Frankenstein's lab, a 10" x 20" pen and ink drawing crammed with magnificent detail.

The text is in large type, but laid out very well, so a great way to gets older kids into this seminal novel.

Stunning illustration
Berni Wrightson, in what is probably the crowning achievement of his career, masterfully illustrates this romantic classic in superb full-page pen and ink. Wrightson's conception of the monster is both horrifying andfrighteningly sympathetic, and he demonstrates both his talent forcapturing dynamism and motion as well as his grasp of the emotionalconflicts of the story. A note to literary students, however: this is anabridged version of Mary Shelley's work, albeit an effective one. Amust-read for any well-rounded literary, and a must-see for any student ormaster of art. Also see _Berni Wrightson: A Look Back_ for a retrospectiveof Wrightson's work and the lost pages from _Frankenstein_.

Wrightson's Frankenstein is the ultimate version of the book
No one will doubt that Mary Shelly's Frankenstein is a classic of horrorfiction. It shows the horrific result when a man tries to play God. Butthis version of Frankenstein features the chilling (but amazing)illustrations by Bernie Wrightson. He truly brings to life theself-loathing creation of Dr. Frankenstein, with his gory appearance andenraged expressions. He expertly renders the landscapes of France andGermany, where the book takes place. These illustrations complimentperfectly Shelly's tale of the struggle between the man and his monster. Amust for any Illustration student or horror fan. Definitely buy a copy. Buytwo, in case you lose one. ... Read more

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin) (1797-1851) was an English romantic gothic novelist. She received an excellent education, which was unusual for girls at the time. She never went to school, but she was taught to read and write by Louisa Jones, and then educated in a broad range of subjects by her father, who gave her free access to his extensive library. In particular, she was encouraged to write stories, and one of these early works Mounseer Nongtongpaw was published by the Godwin Company's Juvenile Library when she was only eleven. One night, perhaps attributable to Galvani's report, Mary had a waking dream; she recounted the episode in this way: "What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow. " This nightmare served as the basis for the novel that she entitled Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). Amongst her other works are: The Last Man, Proserpine, Midas and Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. ... Read more

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:JOURNAL.Geneva, Sunday, ]Sth August, 1816.See Apollo's Sexton, who tells us many mysteries of his trade. We talk of Ghosts. Neither Lord Byron nor M. G. L. seem to believe in them; and they both agre£, in the very face of reason, that none could believe in ghosts without believing in God. I do not think that all the persons who profess to discredit these visitations, really discredit them ; or, if they do in the daylight, are not admonished by the approach of loneliness and midnight, to think more respectfully of the world of shadows.Lewis recited a poem, which he had composed atthe request of the Princess of Wales. The Princess of Wales, he premised, was not only a believer in ghosts, but in magic and witchcraft, and asserted, that prophecies made in her youth had been accomplished since. The tale was of a lady in Germany. This lady, Minna, had been exceedingly attached to her husband, and they had made a vow that the one who died first, should return after death to visit the other as a ghost. She was sitting one day alone in her chamber, when she heard an unusual sound of footsteps on the stairs. The door opened, and her husband's spectre, gashed with a deep wound across the forehead, and in military habiliments, entered. She appeared startled at the apparition ; and the ghost told her, that when he should visit her in future, she would hear a passing bell toll, and these words distinctly uttered close to her ear, " Minna, I am here." On inquiry, it was found that her husband had fallen in battle on the very day she was visited by the vision. The intercourse between the ghost and the woman continued for some time, until the latter laid aside all terror, and indulged herself in the affection which she had felt for him while living. One evening she went to a ball, and ... ... Read more