Frankenstein
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, published by Tom Doherty Associates on November 15, 1994, is a classic work of literature that explores the consequences of obsession and creation. This edition features 256 pages of unabridged text, complete with a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by Keith Neilson. The story follows Victor Frankenstein, a university student who discovers the secret to animating dead flesh, leading him to create a superhuman creature from rotting corpses. However, upon bringing his creation to life, he is horrified and abandons it, setting off a tragic chain of events.
Readers will find a narrative that delves into themes of isolation, revenge, and the quest for acceptance. The creature, rejected by its creator, seeks love but is met with hatred and hostility, ultimately leading to a confrontation that threatens everything Victor holds dear. This edition is designed to engage young readers with its reader-friendly type sizes and dynamic cover art, making it an accessible introduction to a foundational text in young adult fiction and classic literature.
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Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate “reader friendly” type sizes have been chosen for each title—offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.
This edition of Frankenstein includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by Keith Neilson.
When obsessed university student Victor Frankenstein finds the secret of animating dead flesh, he tries to create the first of a master race, stitching rotting corpses into a superhuman giant. Then the ghastly thing opens its hideous, soulless eyes and Frankenstein flees into the night, shrieking with horror–
Leaving a being who wants love and finds hate, wants friends and finds enemies, wants another and finds no one. Frankenstein is its father, mother, maker and living god, and Frankenstein has abandonded his own monster to a living hell of unutterable isolation. But now, unstoppable, the creature means to get revenge for having been born–
Not by killing its creator…but by destroying everything holds dear, and everyone Frankenstein loves…
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