Author: Walter Scott
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 578

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Author: Walter Scott
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Languages : en
Pages : 522

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Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192543717
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 303

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By the dim and yellow light of the moon, as it forced its way through the window-shutters, I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created. He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened...' Frankenstein is the most celebrated horror story ever written. It tells 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 a being from dead body parts, and animates this creature. The results, for Victor and for his family, are catastrophic. Written when Mary Shelley was just eighteen, Frankenstein was inspired by the ghost stories and vogue for Gothic literature that fascinated the Romantic writers of her time. She transformed these supernatural elements an epic parable that warned against the threats to humanity posed by accelerating technological progress. Published for the 200th anniversary, this edition, based on the original 1818 text, explains in detail the turbulent intellectual context in which Shelley was writing, and also investigates how her novel has since become a byword for controversial practices in science and medicine, from manipulating ecosystems to vivisection and genetic modification. As an iconic study of power, creativity, and, ultimately, what it is to be human, Frankenstein continues to shape our thinking in profound ways to this day.

Author: H.W. Wilson Company
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Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 480

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The 1st ed. includes an index to v. 28-36 of St. Nicholas.

Author: Brown University. United Brothers' Society
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Author: Francis Alexander Durivage
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 836

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Author: Dinah Birch
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0192806874
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 1184

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Written by a team of more than 150 contributors working under the direction of Dinah Birch, and ranging in influence from Homer to the Mahabharata, this guide provides the reader with a comprehensive coverage of all aspects of English literature.

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Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 484

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Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382507137
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 970

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Author: St. Louis Mercantile Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 224

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