Mary Shelley\u2019s haunting adventure about ambition and modernity run amok\u2014now in a stunning clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.<\/p>\n
Nominated as one of America\u2019s best-loved novels by PBS\u2019s The Great American Read<\/p>\n
Obsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life by electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear.<\/p>\n
This chilling gothic tale, begun when Mary Shelley was just nineteen years old, would become the world\u2019s most famous work of horror fiction, and remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity. This edition also includes \u2018A Fragment\u2019 by Lord Byron and \u2018The Vampyre: A Tale\u2019 by John Polidori, as well as an introduction and notes by Maurice Hindle.<\/p>\n
Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.<\/p>\n
Penguin Clothbound Classics Series<\/strong><\/p>\n With splendid packaging created by award-winning designer Coralie Bickford-Smith, Penguin Classics presents beautiful hardcover editions of beloved classic literature. Featuring custom patterns inspired by each work stamped on linen cases, colored endpapers, and ribbon markers, these gift-worthy editions of more than sixty titles including Great Expectations, Far from the Madding Crowd, and Wuthering Heights are one of the most coveted series of classic literature ever produced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mary Shelley\u2019s haunting adventure about ambition and modernity run amok\u2014now in a stunning clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith. Nominated as one of America\u2019s best-loved novels by PBS\u2019s The Great American Read Obsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life by…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":109004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[20983],"product_tag":[11548],"class_list":{"0":"post-109003","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-literature","7":"product_tag-literature-en","8":"pa_author_att-mary-shelley-en","9":"pa_cover-hardcover","10":"pa_format-205-x-137-cm","11":"pa_isbn-9780141393391-en","12":"pa_language-eng","13":"pa_pages-352-en","14":"pa_published-2014-09-30-en","15":"pa_publisher-penguin-en","16":"pa_series-penguin-clothbound-classics","18":"first","19":"instock","20":"sold-individually","21":"shipping-taxable","22":"purchasable","23":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n