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Mary Shelley

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Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley

Books by Mary Shelley

by Mary Shelley - Classics, Thriller

Few creatures of horror have seized readers' imaginations and held them for so long as the anguished monster of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN. The story of Victor Frankenstein's terrible creation and the havoc it caused has enthralled generations of readers and inspired countless writers of horror and suspense.

by Mary Shelley - Classics, Post-Apocalyptic Fiction, Suspense

Set in the late twenty-first century, the novel unfolds a sombre and pessimistic vision of mankind confronting inevitable destruction. Interwoven with her futuristic theme, Mary Shelley incorporates idealised portraits of Shelley and Byron, yet rejects Romanticism and its faith in art and nature.