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Mary Shelley : the strange, true tale of Frankenstein's creator Cover Image Book

Mary Shelley : the strange, true tale of Frankenstein's creator / Catherine Reef.

Strange, true tale of Frankenstein's creator, Mary Shelley (cover title)
Mary Shelley (spine title)
Reef, Catherine, (author.).

Summary:

A biography of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history. Reef discusses the creation of Shelley's story about a mad scientist who brought a corpse back to life, detailing her life both before and after the publication of this iconic masterpiece.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781328740052
  • ISBN: 1328740056
  • Physical Description: 177 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Clarion Books, 2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliography [pages 197-202 and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue -- Imagination -- Escape! -- Life's lessons -- Year without a summer -- Dreams -- "The journal book of misfortunes" -- Sorrow's abode -- "And I live!" -- Secrets -- Memory -- Happiness -- Epilogue.
Target Audience Note:
1010L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 7.3 6 199587.

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Subject: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein.
Authors, English > 19th century > Biography.
Horror tales, English > History and criticism.
Genre: Biographies.
Young adult literature.

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  • 20 of 20 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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Statesville Main Library YA B SHELLEY REE (Text) 33114017912130 Young Adult Nonfiction Available -