{"product_id":"frankenstein-9780141393391","title":"Frankenstein","description":"\u003cb\u003eMary Shelley's haunting adventure about ambition and modernity run amok--now in a stunning clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eNominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eObsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life by electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis chilling gothic tale, begun when Mary Shelley was just nineteen years old, would become the world's most famous work of horror fiction, and remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity. This edition also includes 'A Fragment' by Lord Byron and 'The Vampyre: A Tale' by John Polidori, as well as an introduction and notes by Maurice Hindle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePenguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Shelley\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London in 1797, daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, famous radical writers of the day. In 1814, she met and soon fell in love with the then-unknown Percy Bysshe Shelley. In December 1816, after Shelley's first wife committed suicide, Mary and Percy married. They lived in Italy from 1818 until 1822, when Percy drowned, whereupon Mary returned to London to live as a professional writer of novels, stories, and essays until her death in 1851. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaurice Hindle\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Faculty Manager in Arts at London's Open University, where he also teaches literature. In addition to \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, he has edited \u003ci\u003eCaleb Williams\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDracula \u003c\/i\u003efor Penguin Classics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCoralie Bickford-Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning designer at Penguin Books (U.K.), where she has created several highly acclaimed series designs. She studied typography at Reading University and lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50580003914002,"sku":"9780141393391","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0f44d1b7-2c82-41ae-b25d-cac2156b8434.jpg?v=1774449734","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/frankenstein-9780141393391","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}