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1 review
Mary W. Shelley

Ediciones de La Urraca, 1991

Fascinante.
Una obra realmente fantástica, estoy en total acuerdo con que sea una de las mejores y más reconocidas obras en la lieratura gótica, una simple joya. Me gustó mucho el concepto, la historia en general; ¿Cómo no sentirse identificado con aquella desgraciada criatura? Privado de la felicidad desde su nacimiento, condenado a una existencia sin el menor gesto de simpatía por parte de la gente. Él ...

Frankenstein

3 reviews
Mary W. Shelley

Brilliance Audio Unabridged, 2002

Classic Horror for Grown-ups
My wife and I listened to this unabridged recording on a long drive, and both of us enjoyed it. If your only exposure to Frankenstein is from the movies, this is a more adult horror/SF/morality tale. First there is no "Doctor" Frankenstein, no Igor, no castle, no electicity, no robbed evil brain, and the brute reads Milton. The "fiend" is sympathetic yet becomes truly wicked. Victor ...

The Last Man

11 reviews
Mary W. Shelley

Wildside Press, 2007

Death and disease level all men
This novel is a combination of a `roman à clefs' and science fiction, with gothic and autobiographic elements. In her vision of the end of the 21st century, Mary Shelley sees the Greek occupying Istanbul and England as a republic with three political parties (royalists, democrats and aristocrats). The leader of the democrats deserts his responsibilities through fear of the plague, while the ...

The Mary Shelley Reader

1 review
Mary W. Shelley

Oxford University Press, USA, 1990

Indeed I am a Mary Shelley Reader
Wonderfully put together book! Without going into the usual review of a book I'll give you a perspective of mine on the best ways to enjoy it. If you're one who enjoys sitting outdoors when a light sprinkle of spring rain falls with your favorite wine beside you, this book (she) is perfect. If you enjoy taking hot baths when no one else is home and relaxing with a good book, this book will ...

Frankenstein

319 reviews
Mary W. Shelley

Unabridged Library Edition, 1993

You've seen Karloff, now read the original
Once you read Shelley's classic you're going to scratch your head and wonder: Is this really the book that gave us the Karloff movie? Not to mention Herman Munster and Frankenberry. For over a century and half people have been cannibalizing this book for ideas, movies, other books, and products of every size, shape and type that our modern concept of Frankenstein holds little to no resemblence to ...

Frankenstein (The Classic Collection) (The Classic Collection)

1 review
Mary W. Shelley

Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged, 2005

"cursed, cursed creator."
Victor grew up reading the works of Paracelsus, Agrippa, and Albertus Magnus, the alchemists of the time. Toss in a little natural philosophy (sciences) and you have the making of a monster. Or at least a being that after being spurned for looking ugly becomes ugly. So for revenge the creature decides unless Victor makes another (female this time) creature, that Victor will also suffer the loss ...

Frankenstein (Unabridged)

35 reviews
Mary W Shelley

audible.com

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
I bought this for my son for a school reading assignment. He did not like the book at all. Me, on the other hand, I liked it. I read it years & years ago but I enjoyed it the 2nd time around.

The Monkey's Paw and Other Stories (Unabridged)

4 reviews
Chopin, Jewett, Shelley, W., Kate, Sarah, Mary W., Orne Jacobs

audible.com

"The Monkey's Paw" Terrorizes Even at 106 Years Old
"The Monkey's Paw" was written by a humorist who enjoyed writing about adventures on the high seas. Yet W.W. Jacobs is best remembered for giving the world one of the most terrifying short stories in literature. The story is a chilling morality play about the dangers of tempting fate. The lesson is simple: Be careful what you wish for. The story, written in 1902, opens on a cold, damp night ...

THE FRANKENSTEIN OMNIBUS: The Reanimated Man; Transfromation; The Mummy; The New Frankenstein; The Bell ...

1 review
Peter (editor) (Mary Shelley; Jane Webb; William Maginn; Herman Melville; Sir Ronald Ross; Villiers De L'Isle Adam; Fred T. Jane; W. C. Morrow; Dick Donovan; E. E. Kellett; Harle Oren Cummins; Leonard Merrick; Robert S. Carr) Haining

Orion Books, 1995

and more stars also!!!!
It is not always possible to find a book in which there are as many good examples of the genre as possible about the same topic.This book satisfies my hunger for that.Many of the stories not only entertain you but also make you think,argue with the others and imagine further (as those great writers in the book once did) about the great mystery of the nature:Life!!!In some of the ...

Frankenstein
Mary W. Shelley

Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed, 2004

Dr. Frankenstein learns the secret of imparting life to inanimate matter. To test his theories, he collects bones from the charnel-houses to construct a "human" being, and then gives it life. The creature, endowed with supernatural size and strength, is revolting to look at, and frightens all who see it. Lonely and miserable, it comes to hate its creator. The monster murders Frankenstein's brother and his bride, and flees. The doctor ...

Essays; Letters From Abroad; Translations And Fragments By Percy Bysshe Shelley V2
Percy Bysshe Shelley

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007

In Two Volumes. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is ...

The Family Book of Best Loved Poems: Love, Faith and Inspiration, America, Home and Fireside, Children, ...
James Russell Lowell, Hildegarde Hawthorne, ...

Hanover House, 1952

The Family Book of Best Loved Poems: Love, Faith and Inspiration, America, Home and Fireside, Children, Nature, Contemplation, Adventure on Land and Sea, Legend and Fantasy, Humor and Satire, Frontier Days, Old Story Poems: 162 Famous Poets (1952 Hardcover Printing). 520 Pages. Limited Collector's Edition. Rare Book.

The Best of Horror FIction, ...

Daniel Kretschmer, 2008

The best horror classics in one file: Dracula, and The Man by Bram Stoker; Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley; The Monkey's Paw, by W. W. Jacobs; and The Beckoning Fair One, by Oliver Onions

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