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Frankenstein: Or The Modern Prometheus Format:Paperback John Berendt's sharply observedSOON TO BE A NETFLIX FILM The most famous horror story in world literaturethe original tale of a mad scientist and his monsteris also a profoundly moving masterpiece. Features a New Introduction by Jeanette Winterson When the scientist Victor Frankenstein attempts to create life in his laboratory, he sets in motion tragic forces beyond his control and faces losing everything he loves. No reader in the grip of Mary Shelley's novel, with its mythic