Frankenstein (Clothbound Classics)

ThisisastunningnewclothboundeditionofMaryShelley'sinfamousworkofhorrorfiction,designedbytheaward-winningCoralieBickford-Smith.ThesedelectableandcollectiblePenguineditionsareboundinhigh-qualitycolourful,tactileclothwithfoilstampedintothedesign.Obsessedbycreatinglifeitself,VictorFrankensteinplundersgraveyardsforthematerialtofashionanewbeing,whichheshocksintolifebyelectricity.Buthisbotchedcreature,rejectedbyFrankensteinanddeniedhumancompanionship,setsouttodestroyhismakerandallthatheholdsdear.Thischillinggothictale,begunwhenMaryShelleywasjustnineteenyearsold,wouldbecometheworld'smostfamousworkofhorrorfiction,andremainsadevastatingexplorationofthelimitsofhumancreativity.Thiseditionalsoincludes'AFragment'byLordByronand'TheVampyre:ATale'byJohnPolidori,aswellasanintroductionandnotes.MaryShelley(1797-1851),thedaughterofpioneeringthinkersMaryWollstonecraftandWilliamGodwin,elopedwiththepoetPercyShelleyattheageofsixteen.Threeyearslater,duringawetsummeronLakeGeneva,Shelleyfamouslywrotehermasterpiece,Frankenstein.Theyearsofhermarriagewereblightedbythedeathsofthreeofherfourchildren,andfurthertragedyfollowedin1822,whenPercyShelleydrownedinItaly.Followinghisdeath,MaryShelleyreturnedtoEnglandandcontinuedtotravelandwriteuntilherowndeathattheageoffifty-three.