Frankenstein (Enriched Classics)
by Mary Shelley
from Pocket
BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP
A timeless, terrifying tale of one man's obsession to create life -- and the monster that became his legacy.
• A concise introduction that gives readers important background information
• A chronology of the author's life and work
• A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context
• An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations
• Detailed explanatory notes
• Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work
• Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction
• A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience
SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON
Frankenstein (Signet Classics)
by Mary Shelley
from Signet Classics
Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image … but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates.
Here is the classic novel of supreme horror that has held readers spellbound since its publication in 1816. This new edition will also feature an examination of the films inspired by Shelley's groundbreaking work, plus a fascinating look into genetic engineering and the modern implications of this immortal tale.
Frankenstein (Penguin Classics)
by Mary Shelley
from Penguin Classics
Edited by Maurice Hindle.
Frankenstein (Norton Critical Editions)
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
from W. W. Norton
Frankenstein (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism)
by Mary Shelley
from Bedford/St. Martin's
Frankenstein: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic
by Mary Shelley
from Kaplan Publishing
Frankenstein: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic features:
*The complete tale of the classic novel, Frankenstein
*More than 600 vocabulary words frequently tested on the SAT highlighted throughout the text
*Definitions for each highlighted word on the facing page
*A word-pronunciation guide
*An index for easy reference
Frankenstein; Dracula; Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
by Mary Shelley
from Signet Classics
Three horror classics—with an introduction by Stephen King
Some of literatureÂ’s most popular and enduring horror icons in one indispensable tome.
Three Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; Frankenstein
by Horace Walpole
from Penguin Classics
Puffin Graphics: Frankenstein (Puffin Graphics (Graphic Novels))
by Mary Shelley
from Puffin
Victor Frankenstein, a Swiss scientist, has a great ambition: to create intelligent life. But when his creature first stirs, he realizes he has constructed a monster. Abandoned by its maker and shunned by everyone who sees it, the monster turns on its creator and haunts Dr. Frankenstein with murder and horrors to the very ends of the earth. Artist Frazer Irving's cinematic and moving portrayal of the doctor and his creation is sympathetic and powerful.
Frankenstein: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Editio)
by Mary Shelley
from Penguin Classics
A deluxe edition of Mary ShelleyÂ’s haunting adventure about ambition and modernity run amok
Now a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with an introduction by Elizabeth Kostova and cover art by Ghost World creator Daniel Clowes, Mary ShelleyÂ’s timeless gothic novel presents the epic battle between man and monster at its greatest literary pitch. 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.
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