{"product_id":"a-strange-birth-of-frankenstein-paperback","title":"A Strange Birth of Frankenstein - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Dwight Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMary Shelley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Polidori\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Haunting of the Villa Diodati\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life, and stir with an uneasy, half vital motion. Frightful must it be; for supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavour to mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe summer of 1816 experiments with unbridled creativity. Experience the passionate writing of classic Gothic Horror stories and Romantic poetry. Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin and her lover Percy Bysshe Shelley visit Lord Byron at the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva, in the Swiss Alps. Lord Byron is joined by Claire Clairmont, his lover, and Dr John Polidori, his plagiarist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter reading aloud from the Fantasmagoriana, Byron proposes playing a game of ghost stories. He is stalked by a psychic vampyre whispering of literary theft. Elsewhere in the Villa Diodati, the spectre of a 'pale student of the unhallowed arts' haunts the eighteen-year-old Mary. Over that long, cold, lightning-fuelled volcanic winter, she gives \u003cstrong\u003eA Strange Birth To Frankenstein\u003c\/strong\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique collection of novels, short stories and poems, written (or read) during the 'Year Without A Summer', includes the Full Texts of: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMary Wollstonecraft Shelly's \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDr John Polidori's \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Vampire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong with Romantic Poetry of Lord Byron \u0026amp; Percy Shelley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterwoven with Robert Dwight Brown's \u003cstrong\u003e'A Strange Birth to Frankenstein', \u003c\/strong\u003ean Original Ghost Story About Being Haunted by the Spark of Creativity!\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 294\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52583783727411,"sku":"9781931608725","price":34.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/rMQAy3plx89781931608725.webp?v=1761565974","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/a-strange-birth-of-frankenstein-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}