{"product_id":"frankenstein-mary-shelley-wordsworth-empress-edition","title":"Frankenstein | Mary Shelley | Wordsworth Empress Edition","description":"Frankenstein | Mary Shelley | Wordsworth Empress Edition | Hardcover Book\n\nExclusively designed cover by Carmen Di Mauro\nGold foil blocking combined with spot-gloss UV on a matte laminated dust jacket\nTextured hardback cover complete with matching foil blocking (on front, spine and back)\nFull coloured hand-designed patterned endpapers\nDigitally sprayed edged on all 3 sides in full colour\nCo-ordinating head and tail bands\nMatching ribbon marker\nBespoke design chapter headers\nBook Size: Royal – 156 mm x 234 mm\n\nFrankenstein is the classic gothic horror novel which has thrilled and engrossed readers for two centuries. Written by Mary Shelley, it is a story which she intended would ‘curdle the blood and quicken the beatings of the heart.’ The tale is a superb blend of science fiction, mystery and thriller. Victor Frankenstein driven by the mad dream of creating his own creature, experiments with alchemy and science to build a monster stitched together from dead remains. Once the creature becomes a living breathing articulate entity, it turns on its maker and the novel darkens into tragedy. The reader is very quickly swept along by the force of the elegant prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multi-layered themes in the novel. Although first published in 1818, Shelley’s masterpiece still maintains a strong grip on the imagination and has been the inspiration for numerous horror movies, television and stage adaptations.\n\nThis edition uses the 1831 version of the text.\n\nThis edition includes a new afterword by Dr Sally Minogue","brand":"Marble City Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54180407378133,"sku":"9781840229264","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/4b17b05fd0277cfed022dd674ffa390f5138d99ee67de05b6bc8490cb5c99b86.webp?v=1783450739","url":"https:\/\/www.acornbookshop.com\/products\/frankenstein-mary-shelley-wordsworth-empress-edition","provider":"Acorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}