Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

An abriged version of the novel in which a monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.

Victor Frankenstein har gjort en häpnadsväckande upptäckt: Han har funnit svaret på livets gåta! Full av iver bestämmer han sig för att skapa en levande varelse. Men allt blir inte som han tänkt sig. När han en dyster novembernatt är färdig med sitt arbete upptäcker han att varelsen som står framför honom inte är en människa, utan ett monster... Mary Shelleys klassiska berättelse om vetenskapsmannen Victor Frankenstein och hans arbetes ödesdigra följder har fängslat generationer av läsare världen över. I denna utgåva har författaren Gertrud Malmberg levandegjort denna tidlösa berättelse för barn och ungdomar. Boken är suggestivt illustrerad av konstnären Lars Oluf Kolsrud. Från 9 år.

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