Frankenstein
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A timeless, terrifying tale of one mans obsession to create lifeand the monster that became his legacy. If ever a book needed to be placed in context, its Frankenstein (The New York Times Book Review).ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIPA timeless, terrifying tale of one man's obsession to create lifeand the monster that became his legacy. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives readers important background information A chronology of the authors life and work A timeline of significant events that provides the books historical... Далее
Darkness had no effect upon my fancy, and a churchyard was to me merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm. Now I was led to examine the cause and progress of this decay and forced to spend days and nights in vaults and charnel-houses.