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Author:

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851, author.

Title:

Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus : the 1818 text / Mary Shelley ; edited with an introduction and notes by Nick Groom.

Edition:

First Edition.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

lxxv, 226 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Frankenstein, Victor--(Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Frankenstein's Monster--(Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Horror tales.

Other Authors:

Groom, Nick, 1966- writer of introduction. writer of introduction.

Notes:

"Published for the 200th anniversary, this edition is based on the original 1818 text"--Page ii. Includes bibliographical references (pages lvi-lxii).

Summary:

The most celebrated horror story ever written. The dreadful tale of Victor Frankenstein, a visionary young student of natural philosophy, who discovers the secret of life. In the grip of his obsession he constructs and animates a creature from dead body parts - with catastrophic results.

ISBN:

0198814046
9780198814047

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1023385362

LCCN:

2017952460

Locations:

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)