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What you create can destroy you. One freezing morning, a lone man wandering across the Acrtic ice caps is rescued from starvation by a ships captain. Victor Frankensteins story is one of ambition, murder and revenge. As a young scientist he pushed moral boundaries in order to cross the final frontier and create life. But his creation is a monster stitched together from grave-robbed body parts who has no place in the world, and his life can only lead to tragedy.Written when she was only nineteen,...

One of the BBCs 100 Novels That Shaped Our WorldThe Penguin English Library Edition of Frankenstein by Mary ShelleyNever did I behold a vision so horrible as his face, of such loathsome, yet appalling hideousnessA twisted, upside-down creation myth, Mary Shelleys chilling Gothic tale lays bare the dark side of science, and the horror within us all. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, who plunders graveyards to create a new being from the bodies of the dead - but whose botched creature cau...