Showing results for "Frankenstein" in Literature & Fiction

Dem Forscher Viktor Frankenstein ist es gelungen, einen künstlichen Menschen zu erschaffen. Doch bald gerät seine Kreatur außer Kontrolle und lässt sich nicht mehr aufhalten.

Una intriga en què conflueixen els gèneres de novel·la policíaca i novel·la gòtica. Tot comença quan el jove Max es desperta en una casa en ruïnes; té tot el cos amb unes cicatrius enormes que deixen clar que un cirurgià l'ha atès, però ell no en recorda res. La Nora estudia Medicina a la ciutat alemanya d'Ingolstadt i aquella mateixa nit de carnaval coneix en Max quan tots dos salven una nena de morir ofegada al Danubi. L'atracció és immediata. El problema és que pertanyen a èpoques diferents...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Inescapably compelling." —VICTORIA SCHWAB, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie Larue "A masterful and monstrous retelling." —STEPHANIE GARBER, #1 New...

From Stephanie Hemphill, author of the Printz Honor winner Your Own, Sylvia and the acclaimed novel Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials, comes the fascinating story of gothic novelist Mary Shelley, most famous for the classic Frankenstein. An all-consuming love affair with famed poet...

Tragedy has forced 16-year-old Victor Frankenstein to swear off alchemy forever. He burns the Dark Library. He vows he will never dabble in the dark sciences again — just as he vows he will no longer covet Elizabeth, his brother’s betrothed.

If only these things were not so tempting.... When he and Elizabeth discover a portal into the spirit world, they cannot resist. Together with Victor’s twin, Konrad, and their friend Henry, they venture into a place of infinite possibilities where power and passion reign.