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J.D., the fourteen-year-old son of the notorious Frankenstein monster, comes into possession of the original mad scientist's secret journal. Clues lead him to the donor of his dad's right eye: a world famous detective from the 1940s whose grandson is now a detective himself. It's a good thing J.D. has inherited the sleuth's super skills, (along with his pale blue eye), because he also accidentally stumbles into his cousin-detective's most difficult...
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1931. Universal Studios, Hollywood, is placing its hopes for Depression survival on Frankenstein, Mary Shelley's blasphemous saga of a man who made a Monster. During the shooting, a self-proclaimed witch, who performs a Black Mass in Malibu, sinuously infiltrates the company, seducing Colin Clive, the young, brilliant, alcoholic actor who plays Dr. Frankenstein.The result: a shocking scandal and murder that Universal desperately hides to protect its...
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"A Tale from the Ice" - First issue of a faithful adaptation of the classic novel from Mary Shelley. Based on the original story itself rather than the various cinematic films, this is a rendition of Frankenstein, the haunting and sophisticated tale that you have not seen before. Frankenstein (the name of the doctor and not of the monster itself!) is truly one of the great tragedies of literature. Shunned by his creator, the monster is forced to find...
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"Hunted" - Second issue of a faithful adaptation of the classic novel from Mary Shelley. Based on the original story itself rather than the various cinematic films, this is a rendition of Frankenstein, the haunting and sophisticated tale that you have not seen before. Frankenstein (the name of the doctor and not of the monster itself!) is truly one of the great tragedies of literature. Shunned by his creator, the monster is forced to find acceptance...
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Frankenstein Alive Alive! volume 1
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Inspired by Mary Shelley's immortal gothic horror tale, Frankenstein Alive, Alive brings new life to the Promethean monster, courtesy of Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) and Bernie Wrightson (Frankenstein, Swamp Thing). Victor Frankenstein's cobbled together creature continues his adventures, embarking on a journey to discover his own humanity. This collection includes the four-issue series along with an extended gallery section of never-before-seen...
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It was shot in 6 days for $65,000! You get 2 monsters for the price of 1; Sandra Knight transformed into a hideous creature & the title monster played by Harry Wilson; The director, after seeing the make-up for the title monster, was so disappointed he left the set in tears. The makeup man was not told the creature was supposed to be female. All he could do at the last minute was apply lipstick!
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Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis!
Frankenstein est un roman anglais publié en 1818 par Mary Shelley (1797-1851). L'auteure a raconté comment, au cours d'un séjour en Suisse durant l'été de 1816, lord Byron, son médecin le docteur J. W. Polidori, le poète Percy Shelley et elle-même, Mary Godwin, sa future épouse, se sont lancés mutuellement le défi d'écrire chacun un récit de fantmes. Seule cette dernière...
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How does a book written in 1818 by a teenage author remain a classic and a bestseller, still permeating our culture and haunting readers 200-years later?
In this Masterwork Guide to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Story Grid editor and novelist Maya Rushing Walker leads us deep into the heart of the story, demonstrating how Shelley blends essential elements of the horror and morality genres to spectacular and chilling effect.
The Guide opens with an...
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Learning the steps of the scientific method doesn't have to be scary. Join Frankenstein's monster as he uncovers the importance of forming a hypothesis, conducting experiments, and communicating results. You'll give your knowledge of scientific investigation a boost with a monster dose of humor.
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Two centuries ago, a teenage genius created a monster that still walks among us. In 1818, Mary Shelley published Frankenstein, and in doing so set forth into the world a scientist and his monster. The daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, famed women's rights advocate, and William Godwin, radical political thinker and writer, Mary Shelley is considered the mother of the modern genres of horror and science fiction. At its core, however, Shelley's Frankenstein...
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ResumenExpress.com presenta y analiza en esta guía de lectura el clásico Frankenstein de Mary Shelley, una obra mundialmente conocida que cuenta la historia del joven Frankenstein, creador de un ser al que luego, igual que el resto de la sociedad, rechazará. La novela se plantea la cuestión de los peligros que corre el hombre al querer resolver los misterios de la naturaleza.
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Mit Frankenstein hat Mary Shelley 1818 eine mythische Gestalt erschaffen, die im Lauf des 20. Jahrhunderts durch teilweise sehr freie Verfilmungen eine ungeheure Popularität erlangt hat. Während der Name nun für alle möglichen Arten von Monstern steht, erzählt Shelley die phantastische Geschichte des Victor Frankenstein, der – an der Universität Ingolstadt – ein künstliches Wesen erschafft, das er nicht beherrschen kann. Das Monster sehnt...
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Cette fiche de lecture sur Frankenstein de Mary Shelley propose une analyse complète :
• un résumé de Frankenstein
• une présentation
• une analyse des personnages principaux et une analyse des axes de lecture et des thèmes de Frankenstein
Appréciée des lycéens, cette fiche de lecture sur Frankenstein de Mary Shelley a été rédigée par un professeur de français.
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Frankenstein with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, a horror novel that calls into question the origin of evil and the dangers and limits of science. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein and his quest to solve the mystery of life which culminates in the creation of a monster. Frankenstein is known around the world,...
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Long before 1984, Star Wars, or The Hunger Games, Victorian authors imagined a future where new science and technologies reshaped the world and universe they knew. The great themes of modern science fiction showed up surprisingly early: space and time travel, dystopian societies, even dangerously independent machines, all inspiring the speculative fiction of the Victorian era. In Frankenstein Dreams, Michael Sims has gathered many of the very finest...
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The Frankenstein Condition is an engaging, self-deprecating and often funny look at our modern day tendency to construct our identities and expectations around what we see as the best of others. Much like Victor Frankenstein, we create our monsters from pieces of the people around us. People who we admire: celebrities, family, friends and social media. As with Victors creation, our monster is destructive and brings with it anxiety and depression....