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Frankenstein Frankenstein Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Deborah Tempest *Frankenstein* is probably the most famous horror story in the world. Victor Frankenstein is a young scientist who creates a monster from parts of dead bodies. At first the monster looks for love and… OL10055585W
Frankenstein Frankenstein Michael Burgan A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator. Throughout the book, Wishbone the dog explains some parts … OL14573W
The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein Peter Ackroyd When two nineteenth-century Oxford students--Victor Frankenstein, a serious researcher, and the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley--form an unlikely friendship, the result is a tour de force that could only… OL14914924W
Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Harold Bloom Seven critical essays bringing various interpretations to the novel about a monster created by a scientist. OL14942132W
Bloom's Reviews - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Bloom's Reviews - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Harold Bloom Summary: includes a brief biography of the author, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and index of themes and ideas. OL14942358W
This dark endeavor This dark endeavor Kenneth Oppel When his twin brother falls ill in the family's chateau in the independent republic of Geneva in the eighteenth century, sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein embarks on a dangerous and uncertain que… OL15941999W
Monster Monster Dave Zeltserman "The supernatural, unmissable new novel by the ALA Best Horror award nominee. In nineteenth-century Germany, one young man counts down the days until he can marry his beloved. until she is found brut… OL16564687W
Frankenstein Frankenstein C. Louise March Story of a scientist who desires to create human life. OL17737685W
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein's creator Mary Shelley, Frankenstein's creator Joan Kane Nichols A biography of the nineteenth-century English writer who at the age of nineteen wrote the classic horror novel "Frankenstein." OL1914577W
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Frank Darabont,Kenneth Branagh A young doctor whose obsession with death leads him to create a life. But his creature drafted from the bodies of convicts and the brain of a brilliant scientist OL19493770W
A monster's notes A monster's notes Laurie Sheck What if Mary Shelley had not invented Frankenstein's monster but had met him when she was a girl of eight, sitting by her mother's grave, and he came to her unbidden? What if their secret bond left h… OL3238459W
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley *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 creatur… OL450063W
Mary Shelley's Monster Mary Shelley's Monster Martin Tropp "Mary Shelly's Monster" traces the relationship of the characters and themes of "Frankenstein" to Mary Shelly's own life and shows how the figures of the Mad Scientist and the Monster that she create… OL4803257W
Frankenstein Frankenstein Larry Weinberg Victor Frankenstein wants to be the greatest scientist of all. He makes a giant monster out of dead bodies - and brings it to life! Victor knows he has made a mistake. But before he can fix it, th… OL71776W