{"product_id":"the-frankenstein-diaries-edited-by-rev-hubert-venables-1980-the-viking-press-hardback","title":"The Frankenstein Diaries - Edited by Rev. Hubert Venables - 1980 The Viking Press Hardback","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eCondition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. May show signs of wear such as:\u003cbr\u003e• Shelf wear or scuffing on the cover\u003cbr\u003e• Creases, marks, or tears on pages or dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e• Possible remainder marks or previous owner’s name\/notes inside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eCover art: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eBlurb: “m\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnknown to fiction writers from Mary Shelley to the screenwriters of Holly-wood, the personal diaries and papers of Viktor Frankenstein, creator of living beings, lay untouched and forgotten for over 150 years. based\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the meantime the surviving legend, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eon the flimsiest and most \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunreliable evidence, passed on with different embroiderings and omissions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe fruit of six years of labor by its translator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand editor. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethis first-ever, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elong-awaited edition of the diaries at last tells the true story of the agonies and triumphs of Frankenstein, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esubstan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etiating the central core of the legend yet allowing vivid insights into events never previously contemplated and in some cases almost too horrid to record.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrankenstein's unique genius put him \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein the forefront of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003econtemporary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003escientific study \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand led \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehim \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ediscoveries in biology, electricity, ultra-sonics, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esurgical techniques, and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003enervous system, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhich, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethrough his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eisolation \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efrom \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehis colleagues, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunremarked.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewent \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esame \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eisolation, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecoupled with his deliberate rejection of society and family, worked on his already delicately balanced mind to produce in the end experiments which to their perpetrator represented the fulfillment of a divine vocation but to us are little short of appalling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRendered in a style as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eclose as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epossible to the original German, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eaccompanied by many of Frankenstein's own drawings as well as other documentary illustrations, the diaries tell of colossal aspirations, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epersonal tragedy, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eprofessional triumph, a fearful struggle against madness, and an inexorable \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eslide to disaster.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Viking Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67668647313650,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/7685\/4977\/files\/66B9294E-E57D-43E3-B76A-5EE245589FE4.jpg?v=1791651961","url":"https:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/products\/the-frankenstein-diaries-edited-by-rev-hubert-venables-1980-the-viking-press-hardback","provider":"Postmarked from the Stars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}