{"product_id":"mary-and-the-birth-of-frankenstein-a-novel-isbn-9780063256750","title":"Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A beautiful, hallucinatory dream of a novel.” –J.M. Miro, Author of the National Bestseller \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A fantastically moody, unsettling novel.\"–Sarah Waters, New York Times bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Paying Guests\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFingersmith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"bold ... hypnotic\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) reimagining of Mary Shelley’s youth, this historical novel vividly explores innocence, young love, gothic mystery and the roots of her literary masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwitzerland, 1816. \u003c\/i\u003eA volcanic eruption in Indonesia envelopes the whole of Europe in ash and cloud. Amid this “year without a summer,” eighteen-year-old Mary Shelley and her lover Percy Bysshe Shelley arrive at Lake Geneva to visit Lord Byron and his companion John Polidori. Anguished by the recent loss of her child, Mary spends her days in strife. But come nightfall, the friends while away rainy wine-soaked evenings gathered around the fireplace, exchanging stories. One famous evening, Byron issues a challenge to write the best ghost story. Contemplating what to write in this stunning Frankenstein origin story, Mary recalls another summer, when she was fourteen…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eScotland, 1812.\u003c\/i\u003e A guest of the Baxter family, Mary arrives in Dundee, befriending young Isabella Baxter. The girls soon spend hours together wandering through fields and forests, concocting tales about mythical Scottish creatures, ghosts and monsters roaming the lowlands. In a sapphic coming-of-age story, their bond deepens and Mary and Isabella’s feelings for each other intensify. But someone has been watching them—the charismatic and vaguely sinister Mr. Booth, Isabella's older brother-in-law, who may not be as benevolent as he purports to be…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith gripping mastery and verve, Anne Eekhout brings to life a defining moment in Mary Shelley’s youth: the creative wellspring for one of the most original, thrilling, and timeless pieces of literature ever written. Provocative, wonderfully atmospheric and pulsing with emotion, this captivating gothic novel, \u003ci\u003eMary and the Birth of Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, is a hypnotic ode to the power of imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranslated from the Dutch by Laura Watkinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"A beautiful, hallucinatory dream of a novel, Anne Eekhout's \u003cem\u003eMary and the Birth of Frankenstein \u003c\/em\u003ebrings Mary Shelley back to life with a brilliant intensity. This is a marvelous book about desire, and love, and the dark mysteries of the creative act.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ.M. Miro, author of the National Bestseller Ordinary Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A moody and evocative reveal of the backstory (behind the backstory) of Mary Shelley’s masterpiece, Frankenstein. . . . A creative confirmation of Shelley’s position as the mother of all goth girls.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A compelling and sensitive deep-dive into Mary Shelley’s brilliant mind, in the formative years directly before she wrote \u003cem\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eMary and the Birth of Frankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the rich inner life of one of the world's greatest creative imaginations.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSara Sheridan, author of The Fair Botanists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Eekhout’s \u003cem\u003eMary and the Birth of Frankenstein . . . \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a bold new framing for questions about where we draw lines: between queerness and heterosexuality, the natural and the unnatural, and the imaginary and the real. . . . The narrative unfolds in hypnotic language steeped in fantasy and allusion, poetically translated from the Dutch by Laura Watkinson.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A fantastically moody, unsettling novel, with a teasing, enigmatic atmosphere entirely its own.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Waters, New York Times bestselling author of The Paying Guests and Fingersmith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A novel that tiptoes and whispers, woos and caresses like the darkest of fairytales. Laudanum and love, wild imaginations and haunted hearts; I was bewitched by this profound and pleasurable imagining of \u003cem\u003eMary Shelley and the Birth of\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eFrankenstein.\u003c\/em\u003e\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoanne Burn, author of The Hemlock Cure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rich, intricate and beguiling, this is a novel of enormous insight, great heart and incredible skill. \u003cem\u003eMary and the Birth of Frankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e has so much to tell us about grief, fear, love and imagination. I will return to it often.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNell Stevens, author of Briefly, A Delicious Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e will appeal to all fans of Mary Shelley and stands equally strong as a fine piece of historical fiction.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookreporter.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Intensely lyrical and powerfully haunting… Sublime storytelling and Gothic fiction at its very best!\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan Stokes-Chapman, Author of Pandora\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A literary creation story as bold, terrifying, and riveting as \u003cem\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e itself.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaurie Lico Albanese, Author of Hester\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eMary and the Birth of Frankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e is a nuanced, beautifully atmospheric portrayal of a young woman’s intense inner life, foreshadowing \u003cem\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e's themes of grief, loneliness, and the desire for love.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Passionate, brooding, and alive!” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCBS Sunday Morning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperVia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890698055909,"sku":"NP9780063256750","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063256750.jpg?v=1730233874","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/mary-and-the-birth-of-frankenstein-a-novel-isbn-9780063256750","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}