Books with title League of Frankenstein

Mary Shelley’s tragic story of a scientist who created a monster is perhaps even more compelling and meaningful today than when it was written nearly two centuries ago. From the bits and pieces of dead bodies, and the power of electricity, the brilliant Victor Frankenstein fashions a new form of life—only to discover, too late, the irreparable damage he has caused.

No-one in the grip of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN, with its mythic-minded hero and its highly sympathetic monster who reads Goethe and longs to be at peace with himself, can fail to notice how much more excellent the original is than all the adaptations, imitations and outright plagiarisms which have followed in its ample wake. In her first novel, written at the instigation of Lord Byron and published in 1818 (and revised in 1831), Mary Shelley produced English Romanticism's finest prose fiction.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JEANETTE WINTERSON AND A CULTURAL HISTORY OF FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTERWhat you create can destroy you. One freezing morning, a lone man wandering across the Arctic ice caps is rescued from starvation by a ship's captain. Victor Frankenstein's story is one of ambition, murder and revenge. As a young scientist he pushed moral boundaries in order to cross the final frontier and create life. But his creation is a monster stitched together from grave-robbed body parts who has no place in the world, and his life can only lead to tragedy.Written when she was only nineteen, Shelley's gothic tale is one of the greatest horror stories ever published.

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If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!Young scientist Victor Frankenstein, grief-stricken over the death of his mother, sets out in a series of laboratory experiments testing the ability to create life from non-living matter. Soon, his experiments progress further until he creates a humanoid creature eight feet tall. But as Frankenstein soon discovers, a successful experiment does not always equal a positive outcome.Considered the first true science fiction novel, Frankenstein has been well-received and studied since its first publication.

THE FRANKENSTEIN SAGA CONTINUES IN THIS GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY! The legend of “Frankenstein” is known throughout the world, as recorded by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley in her classic novel… How, more than two centuries ago, a scientist named Victor Frankenstein created - from corpses - and brought to life an immortal Monster. But the story of Frankenstein was just the beginning... Pulp 2.0 (www.pulp2ohpress.com) has collected this team of classic creature illustrators MIKE VOSBURG , BRIAN POSTMAN, JIM CRAIG, NIK POLIWKO, RUSS RAINBOLT, and CRAIG WILSON. Together they each brought a unique artistic perspective to Donald F. Glut's terrifying tales beyond the Frankenstein Monster. The artists were given free reign to interpret the stories visually going beyond the TALES OF FRANKENSTEIN movie. What you get is a fresh interpretation of the movie and their original short stories. Comic art genius and publisher JIM STERANKO puts it best when he says, "Were she still with us, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley would be amped..." (from his foreword).

Obsessed with the secret of creation, Swiss scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein cobbles together a body he’s determined to bring to life. And one fateful night, he does. When the creature opens his eyes, the doctor is repulsed: his vision of perfection is, in fact, a hideous monster. Dr. Frankenstein abandons his creation, but the monster won’t be ignored, setting in motion a chain of violence and terror that shadows Victor to his death.Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, a gripping story about the ethics of creation and the consequences of trauma, is one of the most influential Gothic novels in British literature. It is as relevant today as it is haunting.Revised edition: Previously published as Frankenstein, this edition of Frankenstein (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

A mashed up novel, featuring characters from FRANKENSTEIN, PETER PAN, DRACULA, THE LOST WORLD, ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND and THE CALL OF CTHULHU.In 1930s London, Victor Frankenstein works alongside his teenage assistants Peter and Wendy. He has created a device that can open a portal to Neverland, however, when activated the evil daughter of Hook steps through and starts wreaking havoc on the city.Victor must bring together a team of heroes including vampire hunter Barbara Van Helsing and her sidekick Alice, expert treasure hunter John Roxton and Warrior Fairy Tinker Bell.Only together can they defeat this new female Captain Hook and her army of pirates from another dimension.