Frankenstein; Or The Modern Prometheus (Illustrated)

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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This illustrated edition of "Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus" includes:
Illustrations of objects and places mentioned in the novel.

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20.

Disponibile da: 29/06/2022.

Lunghezza di stampa: 226 pagine.

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