Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-202) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mary Shelley

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1051441703

Responsibility statement

Catherine Reef

Sub title

the strange, true tale of Frankenstein's creator

Summary

"On the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein, comes a riveting biography of its author, Mary Shelley, whose life reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history"--, Provided by publisherA 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. --, adapted from amazon.com

Table Of Contents

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

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

The strange true tale of Frankenstein's creator Mary Shelley

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