The mary shelley club

Frankenstein - Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft

This is the Penguin English Library Edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. 'Never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face, of such loathsome, yet appalling hideousness'. A twisted, upside-down

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Mary Shelley

The definitive and richly woven biography of Mary Shelley, in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Frankenstein

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Mary Shelley

Graham Allen provides both an introduction to and review of the critical responses to Mary Shelley's major fictions, from the Romantic period to the p

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Mary Shelley

Part of the best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, Mary Shelley tells the inspiring true story of the English novelist and creator of Fran

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Mary Shelley Horror Stories

Mary Shelley, whose Frankenstein is the foundation of modern SF, fantasy and horror fiction, was born to the writer William Godwin and social campaign

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

A brilliant adaptation of Mary Shelley's Gothic masterpiece that places the writer herself amongst the action as she wrestles with her creation and wi

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I Am Mary Shelley

A leveled Reader based on an episode from the PBS KIDS television series Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum starring Mary Shelley.

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This sourcebook examines Mary Shelley's novel within its literary and cultural contexts providing an ideal orientation in the novel, its reception his

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Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

<p>Frankenstein is the most famous novel by Mary Shelley: a dark parable of science misused. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but wayward scientist, builds a human from dead flesh. Horrified at what he has done, he abandons his creation. The hideous creature learns language and becomes civilized but society rejects him. Spurned, he seeks vengeance on his creator. So...

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Frankenstein - Shelley Mary

Anotace: Frankenstein is the most famous novel by Mary Shelley: a dark parable of science misused. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but wayward scientist, builds a human from dead flesh. Horrified at what he has done, he abandons his creation. The hideous creature learns language and becomes civilized but society rejects him. Spurned, he seeks vengeance on his creator. S...

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Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

Frankenstein is the most famous novel by Mary Shelley: a dark parable of science misused. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but wayward scientist, builds a human from dead flesh. Horrified at what he has done, he abandons his creation.

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Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

<p>Stepping far afield from his medical studies, Victor Frankenstein brings to life a human form he has fashioned from scavenged body parts. Horrified by his achievement, he turns his back on his creation, only to learn the danger of such neglect. Written when Mary Shelley was only 20 years old, Frankenstein has been hailed as both a landmark of Gothic horror ficti...

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Mary Shelley: Gothic Tales

This stunning keepsake—perfect for fans of the mysterious and macabre—comprises Mary Shelley’s classic tale of a botched experiment in

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Frankenstein (anglicky) - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

<p>Frankenstein is the classic gothic horror novel which has thrilled and engrossed readers for two centuries. Written by Mary Shelley, it is a story which she intended would 'curdle the blood and quicken the beatings of the heart.' The tale is a superb blend of science fiction, mystery and thriller. Victor Frankenstein driven by the mad dream of creating his own cr...

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Posledný človek - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

<p>Apokalyptická vízia budúcnosti od autorky románu Frankenstein. Mary Shelleyová (1797 – 1851) si v máji 1824 napísala do denníka: „Posledný človek! Presne tak, pocity tejto osamelej ľudskej bytosti viem opísať veľmi dobre. Sama si totiž pripadám ako posledný pozostatok milovanej rasy, keďže sa moji spoločníci do jedného pominuli ešte predo mnou.“ Autorka slávneho ...

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Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus - Mary Shelley

Anotace: A deluxe edition of Mary Shelley's haunting adventure about ambition and modernity run amok Now a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with an introduction by Elizabeth Kostova and cover art by Ghost World creator Daniel Clowes, Mary Shelley's timeless gothic novel presents the epic battle between man and monster at its greatest literary pitch. In trying to create ...

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Frankenstein, 1. vydání - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

<p>A stunning new clothbound edition of Mary Shelley's infamous work of horror fiction, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delectable and collectible Penguin editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design Obsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material...

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Frankenstein (Collins Classics) - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

<p>HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.</p> <p>‘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…’</p> <p>Victor Frankenstein’s monster is stitched together from the...

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Frankenstein - Shelley Mary - 128x198 mm, brožovaná

Anglická četba - Oxford Bookworms - pokročilost 3 - 1000 slov. Victor Frankenstein thinks he has found the secret of life. He takes parts from dead people and builds a new 'man'. But this monster is so big and frightening that everyone runs away from him - even Frankenstein himself! The monster is like an enormous baby who needs love. But nobody gives him love, and soon h...

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Mary Shelley and the Rights of the Child

In Mary Shelley and the Rights of the Child, Eileen Hunt Botting contends that Frankenstein is a profound work of speculative fiction designed to enga

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In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein

Mary Shelley as never before - a new biography that shows the woman behind Frankenstein.

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Frankenstein, based on the novel by Mary Shelley

And at the feet of my master I learnt the highest of human skills, the skill no other creature owns: I finally learnt how to lie. Childlike in his i

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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley): The Graphic Novel original text Classical Comics

Classical Comics je nová série grafických románů, které zpřístupňují klasickou literaturu studentům angličtiny. Je zachováno co nejvíce z původního textu, můžete si tedy vychutnat nejen samotný příběh, ale i původní literární styl!...

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Mary: The Adventures of Mary Shelley's Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Granddaughter

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Jane Austen, Ada Lovelace, Mary Shelley Handwriting Notebook Set

Drawn from the manuscript collections at the Bodleian Library, this delightful softback notebook set features the distinctive handwriting of three rem

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Frankenstein+CD: B2.2 (Liberty) - Shelley Mary

Anotace: Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist inspired by his studies, tries to create a new life from parts of dead bodies. Mary Shelley´s classic gothic horror story looks at scientific progress and questions its morality. This book also contains files on the history of monsters and on `strange science´ of the time.

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Level 3: Frankenstein Book and Multi-ROM with MP3 Pack - Shelley Mary

Anotace: Frankenstein is probably the most famous horror story in the world. Victor Frankenstein is a young scientist who creates a monster from parts of dead bodies. At first the monster looks for love and wants to be kind. But soon, he learns to hate people and becomes evil. Frankenstein has learnt how to create life. But will this life destroy him?

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Young Adult ELI Readers 4/B2: Frankenstein+CD - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

<p>After many more days and nights of study, I discovered exactly how life was created. With this knowledge I became the first man in history to have the power to create life from death.’ Tags Science Fiction Fantasy/Horror In this Reader you will find: - Information about Mary Shelley’s life - Sections focusing on background and context - Glossary of difficult word...

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PEAR | Level 3: Frankenstein Bk/Multi-ROM with MP3 Pack - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

<p>Frankenstein is probably the most famous horror story in the world. Victor Frankenstein is a young scientist who creates a monster from parts of dead bodies. At first the monster looks for love and wants to be kind. But soon, he learns to hate people and becomes evil. Frankenstein has learnt how to create life. But will this life destroy him?</p>

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Bug Club Pro Guided Y4 Mary Anning: The Girl Who Cracked Open The World

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Devotions : The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver - Mary Oliver

<p>Chosen as one of Oprah's "Books That Help Me Through" for Oprah's Book Club! Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career. Throughout her celebrated career, Mary Oliver has touched countless readers with her brilliant...

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Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery (The Baby-Sitters Club #17)

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Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery (The Baby-Sitters Club #17)

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Mary Anne Saves the Day (NE)

Mary Anne has never been a leader of the BSC. So when a fight breaksout among the club's four members, she feels a little lost andunable to depend on

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Dear Cathy ... Love, Mary

In 1983 in a small south Tipperary town two 18-year-old best friends leave school and take a tentative step into their future: Mary to study accountancy in a local college, Cathy to become an au pair in Brittany. For the following year they exchange long gossipy letters. The letters capture a moment in time. They are by turns touching, funny, tender and gutsy, showing two...

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Upstream : Selected Essays - Mary Oliver

<p>One of O, The Oprah Magazine's Ten Best Books of the Year! The New York Times bestselling collection of essays from beloved poet, Mary Oliver. "In the beginning I was so young and such a stranger to myself I hardly existed. I had to go out into the world and see it and hear it and react to it, before I knew at all who I was, what I was, what I wanted to be.&...

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Babysitters Club Graphix #1-7 Box Set

The first seven Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels in a collectableboxset. Titles In This Set:Kristy's Great Idea,Truth About Stacey, Mary Anne Saves

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Fun club Flute (0-1) Christmas + audio

Série Fun Club je rozdělena podle obtížnosti a přináší možnost si zahrát zábavné skladbičky. K dispozici jsou i nahrané podklady pro sólovou hru. Vánoční verze obsahuje i part pro klavír. Obsah: Angels from the realms of gloryAway in a mangerCoventry carolCradle songDeck the hallDing dong! merrily on highGood ...

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Dear Cathy ... Love, Mary : The Year We Grew Up - Tender, Funny and Revealing Letters from 1980s Ireland - Conlon Catherine

Anotace: `Poignant, funny and highly readable. Would make a wonderful present.` Sue Leonard, Examiner `A real snapshot in time ...a celebration of female friendship ...fantastic - such a good read` Irish Times Women`s Podcast `Engaging ...tender and true and spiced with wit and no little wisdom` RTE Guide `Heart-warming ...nostalgic ...the letters brim over with the kind...

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Dear Cathy ... Love, Mary : The Year We Grew Up - Tender, Funny and Revealing Letters from 1980s Ireland - Catherine Conlon

<p>'Poignant, funny and highly readable. Would make a wonderful present.' Sue Leonard, Examiner 'A real snapshot in time ...a celebration of female friendship ...fantastic - such a good read' Irish Times Women's Podcast 'Engaging ...tender and true and spiced with wit and no little wisdom' RTE Guide 'Heart-warming ...nostalgic ...the letters brim over with the kind ...

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The Tuesday Club Murders: Miss Marple´s Thirteen Problems - Agatha Christie

<p>Follow the ingenious mysteries of the 'Tuesday Night Club' with this hardback special edition of Agatha Christie's beloved classic. THE ORIGINAL WEEKDAY MURDER CLUB 'Well,' said Joyce, 'it seems to me we are a pretty representative gathering. How would it be if we formed a Club? What is today? Tuesday? We wil...

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Gorgeous Gruesome Faces - Cheng Linda

Anotace: Squid Game meets Wilder Girls in this debut sapphic supernatural thriller set in the glittering, cut-throat world of K-pop rivalry. A disgraced idol comes face-to-face with the demons of her past when the competition she enters turns out to be a deadly trap. "The sweetest spot between horror and romance." Chloe Gong, #1 bestselling author of These Vio...

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Gorgeous Gruesome Faces - Linda Cheng

<p>Squid Game meets Wilder Girls in this debut sapphic supernatural thriller set in the glittering, cut-throat world of K-pop rivalry. A disgraced idol comes face-to-face with the demons of her past when the competition she enters turns out to be a deadly trap. "The sweetest spot between horror and romance." Chloe Gong, #1 bestselling author of These Viol...

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Inspirations: Selections from Classic Literature - Coelho Paulo

Anotace: `Anthology` comes from the Greek word that stands for garlands - a bouquet of flowers. An anthology then, should be a small token of something much larger. In the case of flowers, they bring to mind the colour & fragrance of the fields, of a season. Coelho`s anthology, therefore, is not only a collection of texts or poems, but a gift, something arranged accordin...

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Arguing with the Dead

The year is 1839, and Mary Shelley - the author of Frankenstein - is alone. Sorting through her husband's scattered papers she is reminded of their pa

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Fun club Descant Recorder (0-1) Christmas + audio

Série Fun Club je rozdělena podle obtížnosti a přináší možnost si zahrát zábavné skladbičky. K dispozici jsou i nahrané podklady pro sólovou hru. Vánoční verze obsahuje i part pro klavír. Obsah: Angels from the realms of gloryAway in a mangerCoventry carolCradle songDeck the hallDing dong! merrily on highGood ...

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Fourth Wing: Discover your new fantasy romance obsession with the BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick!, 1. vydání - Rebecca Yarros

<p>'Brutal games, grumpy dragons, sizzling sexual tension . . . a fantasy like you've never read before' - JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT'As compelling as it is deadly . . . Fourth Wing is dazzling' - NALINI SINGH'A wild, sexy, rollercoaster of a ride' - MARY E. PEARSON 'Utterly immersive, fiercely romantic, and unforgivably addictive' - LYNETTE NONIDragons, war and Hunger...

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Fourth Wing: Discover your new fantasy romance obsession with the BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick!, 1. vydání - Rebecca Yarros

<p>'Brutal games, grumpy dragons, sizzling sexual tension . . . a fantasy like you've never read before' - JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT'As compelling as it is deadly . . . Fourth Wing is dazzling' - NALINI SINGH'A wild, sexy, rollercoaster of a ride' - MARY E. PEARSON 'Utterly immersive, fiercely romantic, and unforgivably addictive' - LYNETTE NONIDragons, war and Hunger...

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The Last Man

The Last Man is an early post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, which was first published in 1826. The book tells of a future world that has been ravaged by a plague. The plague gradually kills off all people. Lionel Verney, central charac

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Vindication of the Rights of Woman and A Vindication of the Rights of Men

For many years the victim of smear campaigns by notable male writers, and dismissed as being merely 'the mother of Mary Shelley', Mary Wollstonecraft

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The Good, The Bad and The History - Taylor Jodi

Anotace: BOOK 14 IN THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY`S SERIES, FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER JODI TAYLOR. `Brilliant, hilarious, keeps you on your toes` Reader review `The characters make me come back time and time again` Reader review `I have not found another author who can tell a story involving time travel as well` Reader review St Mary`s is under investiga...

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The Good, The Bad and The History - Jodi Taylor

<p>BOOK 14 IN THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S SERIES, FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER JODI TAYLOR. 'Brilliant, hilarious, keeps you on your toes' Reader review 'The characters make me come back time and time again' Reader review 'I have not found another author who can tell a story involving time travel as well' Reader review St Mary's is under investigat...

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Phantom of the Opera and Other

<p>This classic collection features 25 tales shaped by gothic's mood of menace and the macabre. In addition to the world-famous title novel, the anthology includes Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto, which launched the gothic novel craze, as well as stories by H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Arthur Machen, Louisa May Alcott, E. T. A. Hoffmann, J...

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Královny hrůzy - Antologie (More Deadly than the Male: Masterpieces from the Queens of Horror)

Tato nová antologie strašidelných a hororových příběhů z per význačných britských a amerických spisovatelek představuje současným čtenářům klasické povídky jako „Žlutá tapeta“ Charlotte Perkins Gilman, i zapomenuté mistrovské kousky. Je všeobecně známo, že Mary Shelley je autorkou Frankensteina, avšak její další hrůzostrašné příběhy jsou o poznání méně známé. Harriet Bee...

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Ve stínu černých ptáků - Wintersová Cat (In the Shadow of Blackbirds)

Fantaskní román na pomezí fantasy a hororu. Šestnáctiletá Mary Shelley se díky zásahu bleskem stane médiem a daří se jí vidět duchy a komunikovat s nimi. Píše se rok 1918 a její milý padl na evropské frontě a jeho duch se Mary také zjevuje... Nemůže odpočívat v pokoji a trápí ho velcí černí ptáci, otázka je, zda mu Mary může pomoci...

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At The Royal Albert Hall (CD)

Seit Jahrzehnten kursieren unter den Fans von Creedence Clearwater Revival Gerüchte über einen lange Zeit verschollenen Mitschnitt ihrer legendären Show von 1970 in der Londoner Royal Albert Hall. Jetzt bestätigt Craft Recordings, dass die Gerüchte tatsächlich wahr sind. Das lang erwartete Creedence Clearwater Revival At The Royal Albert Hall zeigt CCR auf dem Höhepunkt i...

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Frankenstein

Mary Shelley's classic tale of the devastating consequences of playing God joins the SF Masterworks list. NAMED ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 NOVELS THAT SHA

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Promethean Horrors

From the imaginations of Gothic short-story writers such as Edgar Allen Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mary Shelley and H.P. Lovecraft came one of the most

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Adapting Frankenstein

This edited collection explores the afterlife of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in theatre and film, radio, literature and graphics novels, making a subs

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Frankenstein

One of the greatest horror stories of all time, in a stage adaptation that sticks closely to Mary Shelley's original novel.

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