{"product_id":"frankenstein","title":"Frankenstein","description":"\u003cp\u003eMary Shelley's timeless gothic novel presents the epic battle between man and monster at its greatest literary pitch. The book that translated the dark and stormy ethos of the gothic novel into the foundation for the tale of modern science fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBOOK SUMMARY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA deluxe edition of Mary Shelley's haunting adventure about ambition and modernity run amok. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with an introduction by Elizabeth Kostova and cover art by Ghost World creator Daniel Clowes. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor to the very brink of madness. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship, scientific hubris, and horror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaurice Hindle edited Frankenstein and Dracula for Penguin Classics and teaches at the Open University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary Shelley's Frankenstein is one of the masterpieces of nineteenth-century Gothicism. While staying in the Swiss Alps in 1816 with her lover Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and others, Mary, then eighteen, began to concoct the story of Dr. Victor Frankenstein and the monster he brings to life by electricity. Written in a time of great personal tragedy, it is a subversive and morbid story warning against the dehumanization of art and the corrupting influence of science.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacked with allusions and literary references, it is also one of the best thrillers ever written. Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus was an instant bestseller on publication in 1818. The prototype of the science fiction novel, it has spawned countless imitations and adaptations but retains its original power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Modern Library edition includes a new Introduction by Wendy Steiner, the chair of the English department at the University of Pennsylvania and author of The Scandal of Pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary Shelley was born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin in 1797 in London. She eloped to France with Shelley, whom she married in 1816. After Frankenstein, she wrote several novels, including Valperga and Falkner, and edited editions of the poetry of Shelley, who had died in 1822. Mary Shelley died in London in 1851.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePRODUCT INFORMATION\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrade Paperback\u003cbr\u003e304 Pages\u003cbr\u003eFiction \/ Classics\u003cbr\u003e8.3 in H | 5.6 in W | 0.7 in T | 0.7 lb\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Posman Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45157692899527,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/3277\/8951\/files\/9780143105039-Frankenstein_20Shelley1506.jpg?v=1776438708","url":"https:\/\/posmanbooks.com\/products\/frankenstein","provider":"Posman Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}