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Frankenstein
Mary Shelley · 2018 · 288 pages
Scientist Victor Frankenstein learns how to create life, but his discovery goes quickly awry when he creates a monster larger and stronger than an ordinary man. As the monster uses its power to destroy everything Victor loves, the young scientist is forced to embark on a treacherous journey to end the monster's existence. It's an epic, enthralling tale of horror from a master of suspense.
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Guillermo Del Toro
“"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Mary!! That book you wrote so truly as a teenager, has been THE most important in my life- (sculpture by Mike Hill, at Bleak House)"”↗
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
“Frankenstein took my breath away, but when I discovered Mary Shelley was 19 when she wrote it my head blew off.”↗
Naomi Klein
“Victor Frankenstein created a monster when he took his experiments to a devastating extreme. Today, nearly 200 years after the publication of Shelley’s novel, the pursuit of limitless data and our attempts to exert technological control over nature are producing even more disastrous outcomes — and this time, they’re global.”↗
