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With an introduction from Haifaa al-Mansour, director of Mary Shelley.

There is something in my soul, which I do not understand.

Written by a teenage girl, Frankenstein is one of literature''s greatest Gothic horror stories.

Now with a striking new cover, discover one of the books considered to be a pioneer of YA.

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Victor Frankenstein has made a terrible mistake. In his desperate pursuit to create life, he has created a monster.

A monster which, abandoned by his master and shunned by everyone it meets, follows Dr Frankenstein to the very ends of the earth with horror and murder in its recycled heart.

Shelly takes the reader on a journey through St Petersburg, to the beautiful Swiss Alps, to the desolate waste of the Arctic Circle, in a story that has sent a chill down the spines of generations.



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A masterpiece—Philip Pullman

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Frankenstein The Originals

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    A Paperback / softback by Mary Shelley

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 28 June 2018
      ISBN-13 9780241321645
      978-0241321645
      ISBN-10 0241321646
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      Children & Teen Fiction Books by Mary Shelley

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      With an introduction from Haifaa al-Mansour, director of Mary Shelley.

      There is something in my soul, which I do not understand.

      Written by a teenage girl, Frankenstein is one of literature''s greatest Gothic horror stories.

      Now with a striking new cover, discover one of the books considered to be a pioneer of YA.

      -----

      Victor Frankenstein has made a terrible mistake. In his desperate pursuit to create life, he has created a monster.

      A monster which, abandoned by his master and shunned by everyone it meets, follows Dr Frankenstein to the very ends of the earth with horror and murder in its recycled heart.

      Shelly takes the reader on a journey through St Petersburg, to the beautiful Swiss Alps, to the desolate waste of the Arctic Circle, in a story that has sent a chill down the spines of generations.



      Trade Review
      A masterpiece—Philip Pullman

      More relevant today than ever—Benjamin Zephaniah

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