{"product_id":"frankenstein-cd-9780143058137","title":"Frankenstein","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open...'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictor Frankenstein's monster is stitched together from the limbs of the dead, taken from 'the dissecting room and the slaughter-house'. The result is a grotesque being who, rejected by his maker and starved of human companionship, sets out on a journey to seek his revenge. In the most famous gothic horror story ever told, Shelley confronts the limitations of science, the nature of human cruelty and the pathway to forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBegun when Mary Shelley was only eighteen years old and published two years later, this chilling tale of a young scientist's desire to create life - and the consequences of that creation - still resonate today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49513901490449,"sku":"GOR007112005","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53433732038929,"sku":"GOR014917986","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0143058134.jpg?v=1751069448","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/frankenstein-cd-9780143058137","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}