Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
1) Frankenstein
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The epic battle between man and monster reaches its greatest pitch in the famous story of Frankenstein. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor himself to the very brink. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship ... and horror.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1170L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The epic battle between man and monster reaches its greatest pitch in the famous story of Frankenstein. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor himself to the very brink. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship ... and horror.
3) The last man
Author
Lexile measure
1210L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a haunting vision of the future, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's 'The Last Man' transports readers to a world ravaged by a relentless plague, where humanity's resilience is tested against the backdrop of a crumbling civilization. Set in the late 21st century, the novel follows Lionel Verney, an outsider who rises to prominence amidst the chaos, as he navigates love, loss, and the struggle for survival in a world teetering on the brink of extinction....
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Provides annotations and essays on the social and ethical aspects of the science in Mary Shelley's classic novel, along with the original text which relates the tale of a monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies who develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.
8) Dracula
Author
Lexile measure
HL 1060L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A young lawyer on an assignment finds himself imprisoned in a Transylvanian castle by his mysterious host. Back at home his fiancee and friends are menaced by a malevolent force which seems intent on imposing suffering and destruction. Can the devil really have arrived on England's shores? And what is it that he hungers for so desperately?"-NoveList.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
193 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Retells, in graphic novel format, Mary Shelley's classic tale of a monster, assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies, who develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (78 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Presents a Disney graphic novel retelling the classic "Frankenstein." Doctor Victor von Duckenstein finds a way to create a monster from parts of dead bodies that then develops a mind of its own and learns to hate himself and his creator. Includes a brief biography of Mary Shelley.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxix, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"'Remarkably, a nineteen-year-old, writing her first novel, penned a tale that combines tragedy, morality, social commentary, and a thoughtful examination of the very nature of knowledge,' writes ... author Leslie S. Klinger in his foreword to The New Annotated Frankenstein. Despite its undeniable status as one of the most influential works of fiction ever written, Mary Shelley's novel is often reductively dismissed as the wellspring for tacky monster...
19) Frankenslime
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 690L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Victoria and her assistant, her dog Igor, set out to make amazing slime, but one night their creation unexpectedly comes to life.
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Summoned by a will to his late grandfather's castle in Transylvania, young Dr. Frankenstein soon discovers the scientist's step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life"--Container.