false 2194686 <![CDATA[Frankenstein (Watermill Classic)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image … but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates.]]> 18490 579 4836639 book 1818 Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus total:89777|5:22875|4:29116|3:25611|2:8726|1:3418| 89777 328663 114592 2709 11139 3.66 90434 2807 16392875 175635 18490 0141439475 9780141439471 1826 <![CDATA[Frankenstein]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965m/18490.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965s/18490.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490.Frankenstein 3.65 81150
Edited by Maurice Hindle.]]> 1818 2 22 false Tue Feb 26 03:12:18 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 03:25:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 9275423 395599 2200106 1865051225 1 <![CDATA[Frankenstein]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1195418057m/2200106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1195418057s/2200106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2200106.Frankenstein 4.00 7 1818 3 11 false Wed Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 18 12:33:30 -0800 2007 Tue Oct 20 18:44:02 -0700 2009 Spoilers!
Frankenstein is the first book written by Mary Shelley (daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley, friend of Lord Byron), and her most famous. First published in 1818, she later revised it for its second printing in 1823, adding a preface that cl...more...]]> 9708157 128599 18490 0141439475 9780141439471 1826 <![CDATA[Frankenstein]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965m/18490.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965s/18490.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490.Frankenstein 3.66 89777
Edited by Maurice Hindle.]]> 1818 3 11 false Thu Nov 29 09:10:54 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 09:13:50 -0800 2007 more...]]> 17293631 891299 18490 0141439475 9780141439471 1826 <![CDATA[Frankenstein]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965m/18490.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965s/18490.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490.Frankenstein 3.66 89777
Edited by Maurice Hindle.]]> 1818 5 9 false Sat Mar 08 00:36:47 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 01:20:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1610386 31945 18490 0141439475 9780141439471 1826 <![CDATA[Frankenstein]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965m/18490.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965s/18490.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490.Frankenstein 3.66 89777
Edited by Maurice Hindle.]]> 1818 5 4 false Sat Jun 02 12:11:07 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 20:34:32 -0800 2009
It's anti-Romantic, presenting Paracelsus and mysticism as destructive forces, but it's also skeptical...more...]]> 73625443 2411388 774733 1593081154 9781593081157 27 <![CDATA[Frankenstein (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576970m/774733.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576970s/774733.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774733.Frankenstein 3.87 118 Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein. Obsessed with discovering ?the cause of generation and life? and ?bestowing animation upon lifeless matter,? Frankenstein assembles a human being from stolen body parts but; upon bringing it to life, he recoils in horror at the creature?s hideousness. Tormented by isolation and loneliness, the once-innocent creature turns to evil and unleashes a campaign of murderous revenge against his creator, Frankenstein.

Frankenstein, an instant bestseller and an important ancestor of both the horror and science fiction genres, not only tells a terrifying story, but also raises rofound, disturbing questions about the very nature of life and the place of humankind within the cosmos: What does it mean to be human? What responsibilities do we have to each other? How far can we go in tampering with Nature? In our age, filled with news of organ donation genetic engineering, and bio-terrorism, these questions are more relevant than ever.


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It's been almost 30 years since I've detested a book this much. I didn't think anything could be worse then Kafka's "The Metamorphosis". Seems I'm never to0 old to be wrong. This time, I don't have the excuse that I was forced to rea...more...]]> 35790674 739464 18490 0141439475 9780141439471 1826 <![CDATA[Frankenstein]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965m/18490.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965s/18490.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490.Frankenstein 3.66 89777
Edited by Maurice Hindle.]]> 1818 4 6 false Mon Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Oct 20 15:01:19 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 15:03:10 -0700 2008 Frankenstein is a fantastic character-driven piece with one of the finest endings in literature.

Despite being considered one of the first fully realized science fiction novels, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein really got the shaft when it came to adaptations. It’s the monst...more...]]> 11332464 613932 18488 0743487583 9780743487580 177 <![CDATA[Frankenstein]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166956574m/18488.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166956574s/18488.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18488.Frankenstein 3.67 1983 ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED

BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP

A timeless, terrifying tale of one man's obsession to create life -- and the monster that became his legacy.


EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES:


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• An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations

• Detailed explanatory notes

• Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work

• Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction

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Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.

SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON

]]> 1818 5 7 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 31 07:50:40 -0800 2007 Wed Oct 22 10:28:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 45202665 1984925 18490 0141439475 9780141439471 1826 <![CDATA[Frankenstein]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965m/18490.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965s/18490.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490.Frankenstein 3.66 89777
Edited by Maurice Hindle.]]> 1818 5 4 false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 18:31:03 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 09:57:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 35075683 111921 18490 0141439475 9780141439471 1826 <![CDATA[Frankenstein]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965m/18490.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965s/18490.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490.Frankenstein 3.66 89777
Edited by Maurice Hindle.]]> 1818 3 3 true Sat Oct 11 18:04:03 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 11 18:31:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 31857292 899665 18490 0141439475 9780141439471 1826 <![CDATA[Frankenstein]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965m/18490.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965s/18490.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490.Frankenstein 3.66 89777
Edited by Maurice Hindle.]]> 1818 3 3 true Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 02 17:04:38 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 28 06:39:35 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 21030599 199014 223900 0451527712 9780451527714 62 <![CDATA[Frankenstein]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172854817m/223900.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172854817s/223900.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/223900.Frankenstein 3.76 546 Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image … but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates.]]> 1818 4 7 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Apr 26 08:35:45 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 08:59:43 -0700 2008
There, I said it.

I'm sorry. This book aggravates me on a level that makes an accurate review very difficult, but it's not Mary Shelley's fault. It's the faul...more...]]> 14375670 803353 18490 0141439475 9780141439471 1826 <![CDATA[Frankenstein]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965m/18490.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965s/18490.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490.Frankenstein 3.66 89777
Edited by Maurice Hindle.]]> 1818 2 5 false Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 02 12:03:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 19 07:32:52 -0700 2008
So, this book was the first pick in a brand new bookclub (and the first I've ever been part of) I started with some friends.
Here's how it went: only two of us (myself included) fini...more...]]> 13799080 842809 18490 0141439475 9780141439471 1826 <![CDATA[Frankenstein]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965m/18490.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965s/18490.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490.Frankenstein 3.66 89777
Edited by Maurice Hindle.]]> 1818 4 2 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 05:10:12 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 31 18:41:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 8673038 566692 18490 0141439475 9780141439471 1826 <![CDATA[Frankenstein]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965m/18490.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965s/18490.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490.Frankenstein 3.66 89777
Edited by Maurice Hindle.]]> 1818 2 3 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 04 19:05:57 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 04 19:32:58 -0800 2007 more...]]> 56291505 115028 18492 1597371297 9781597371292 4 <![CDATA[Frankenstein]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166956575m/18492.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166956575s/18492.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18492.Frankenstein 4.33 6
The story of Frankenstein was first written as a ghost story to be told as part of a contest between Mary Shelley, her husband, and Lord Byron. This tale of terror has been a world favorite since it was first published in 1818, and has been made into countless movies.]]> 1818 5 3 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 11:29:47 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 15:52:32 -0700 2009 Frankenstein.

The monster in the book is nothing...more...]]> 47057851 2057348 603259 0553212478 9780553212471 39 <![CDATA[Frankenstein]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576960m/603259.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576960s/603259.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/603259.Frankenstein 3.70 285 Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image … but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates.]]> 1818 5 1 false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 11:04:50 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 17:27:58 -0700 2009 I really expected to love this classic novel, but for the first few chapters I was sadly disappointed. I didn't really care for the Gothic and Romantic tones of the piece, and the occasional purple passages that were thrown in. One of the themes associated with Frankenstein has to do with nature, ...

more...]]> 37801148 1170672 223900 0451527712 9780451527714 62 <![CDATA[Frankenstein]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172854817m/223900.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172854817s/223900.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/223900.Frankenstein 3.66 89777 Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image … but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates.]]> 1818 3 1 true Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 15 11:17:16 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 06 12:44:23 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 36463493 1652969 18490 0141439475 9780141439471 1826 <![CDATA[Frankenstein]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965m/18490.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965s/18490.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490.Frankenstein 3.66 89777
Edited by Maurice Hindle.]]> 1818 4 1 false Wed Oct 29 04:26:48 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 04:27:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 77251254 2927182 18490 0141439475 9780141439471 1826 <![CDATA[Frankenstein]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965m/18490.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576965s/18490.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490.Frankenstein 3.66 89777
Edited by Maurice Hindle.]]> 1818 5 3 false Mon Nov 09 16:08:31 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 13 09:27:41 -0800 2009
Victor Frankenstein is the student/scientist who animates the "Creature," a far more articulate being than the gutter...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2194686