Author:Mary Shelley
'It was already one in the morning; 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 . . .'
What 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. That man is Victor Frankenstein and his story is one of ambition, murder and revenge. As a young scientist he pushed moral boundaries in order to cross the final scientific frontier and create life. But his unnatural 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 written.
A haunting, melancholy work of gothic beauty
—— IndependentThe most famous of all horror stories still packs a punch
—— Daily MailA masterpiece
—— Phillip PullmanFrankenstein launched an entire genre of dystopian fiction, and a legacy of horror at the consequences of unbridled experimentation
—— Daily TelegraphShelley’s speechifying, lonely, Miltonic monster remains one of the greatest characters in all of literature… The book may also be the greatest meditation on birth I have ever read.
—— Siri Hustvedt , The WeekIntelligent, absorbing and most enjoyable
—— Independent on SundayExcellent ... the impenetrable, imperturbable Alice compels
—— Daily MailCarefully constructed sets and a convincing commentary on social change
—— Charlotte Moore , Spectatormesmerising novel paints pictures of many different worlds in the early 20th century...busting with detail... captivating
—— Books QuarterlyWhen on song, which he often is here, Taylor is a felicitous, intelligent writer. He sets a scene with admirable clarity, peoples it with memorable characters, and offers a plot that will keep most readers hooked and satisfied for nigh on 350 pages. These days this is rarer than you might think
—— Alan Taylor , The HeraldD J Taylor is remarkably under-appreciated as a novelist.
—— Lorna Bradbury , TelegraphThis special piece of period realism is very far indeed from being either silly or dull.
—— Valentine Cunningham , IndependentTaylor is excellent on the 'incidentals' - arresting tableaux abound - and the impenetrable, imperturbable Alice compels.
—— Stephanie Cross , Daily MailA plot of Victorian complexity handled with great skill
—— Allan Massie , The Scotsman Books of the YearBlisteringly angry..,begins as a black comedy but gradually turns much darker with the mad-as-hell narrator suspected of murdering his lovers in London
—— Sunday TelegraphSutton shows us everything through Freeman's eyes and he pulls it off very well indeed. A horrible character but a compelling narrator
—— William Leith , Evening StandardSutton shows us everything through Freeman's eyes and he pulls it off very well indeed
—— William Leith , The ScotsmanThis darkly comic novel with it's brilliantly acute observations of life in London in the 21st Century completely captures the zeitgeist and raises more than a few laughs.
—— Carla McKay , Daily MailGripping and darkly comic tale of 21st-century material greed
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