Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.4 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
HL 650L
Language
English
Description
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. I arrived here yesterday, and my first task is to assure my dear sister of my welfare and increasing confidence in the success of my undertaking....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.4 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
1170L
Language
English
Description
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797-1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Though Frankenstein is infused with elements of the Gothic novel...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Conceived as part of a literary game among friends in 1816, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is today regarded as a classic piece of 19th century literature. The story begins with the journey of an adventurer, Robert Walton, who saves the life of a man at the North Pole. That man, Victor Frankenstein, tells Walton about his experiments with the creation of life and how he ended up at the North Pole. Through this simple plot device, Shelley was able to...
5) Frankenstein
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dr. Victor Frankenstein dreamed of achieving great things through science. Even to create life. When things go horribly wrong, he turns away from the monster he created. Now Frankenstein's creation is filled with hatred and roaming the countryside. Can the monster be destroyed?
9) Frankenstein
Author
Language
English
Description
Retells the story of a monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies who develops a mind of his own and learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.
10) Frankenstein
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 300L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator. Throughout the book, Wishbone the dog explains some parts of the text.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Man has long had the power to take life, but what will happen when he learns to give it? Intrigued by this question, young Victor Frankenstein - a devoted student of science - becomes obsessed with the idea of conjuring life out of 'lifeless matter'. Using his formidable skills in chemistry and other sciences, Victor begins to assemble a being from scavenged and stolen body parts. Once he has fathered a son created by his own science, Victor rejects...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
With his mother dead from scarlet fever, Victor Frankenstein leaves his family in Geneva and goes to the university of Ingolstadt to study natural science. He becomes obsessed with the idea of unlocking the secret of life itself. Frankenstein's dark experiments lead to success, but he is so horrified by his creation that he rejects it and flees. There follows a tragic and destructive chain of events that will lead him to regret the day he decided...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Junji Ito meets Mary Shelley! The master of horror manga bends all his skill into bringing the anguished and solitary monster--and the fouler beast who created him--to life with the brilliantly detailed chiaroscuro he is known for. Also included are six tales of Oshikiri--a high school student who lives in a decaying mansion connected to a haunted parallel world. Uncanny doppelgangers, unfortunately murdered friends, and a whole lot more are in store...