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the casebook of victor frankenstein
when two nineteenth century oxford students victor frankenstein a serious researcher and the poet percy bysshe shelley form an unlikely friendship the result is a tour de force that could only come from one of the worlds most accomplished and prolific authors . br this haunting and atmospheric novel opens with a heated discussion as shelley challenges the conventionally religious frankenstein to consider his atheistic notions of creation and life . afterward these concepts become an obsession for the young scientist . as victor begins conducting anatomical experiments to reanimate the dead he at first uses corpses supplied by the coroner . but these specimens prove imperfect for victors purposes . moving his makeshift laboratory to a deserted pottery factory in limehouse he makes contact with the doomsday men the resurrectionists whose grisly methods put frankenstein in great danger as he works feverishly to bring life to the terrifying creature that will bear his name for eternity . br filled with literary lights of the day such as bysshe shelley godwin lord byron and mary shelley herself and penned in period perfect prose the casebook of victor frankenstein is sure to become a classic of the twenty first century .
hardcover nan a. talese 2009 isbn13 9780385530842 isbn10 0385530846
abridged n isbn 13 9780385530842 number in series 1 number of pages 353 publisher random house inc release date 1254787200000