{"product_id":"frankenstein-by-mary-shelley-9780007350964","title":"Frankenstein","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\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 resonates today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46500804755692,"sku":"9780007350964","price":11.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780007350964.jpg?v=1760476362","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/frankenstein-by-mary-shelley-9780007350964","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}