{"product_id":"a-strange-birth-to-frankenstein-robert-dwight-brown-9781931608732","title":"A Strange Birth To Frankenstein - Omnibus","description":"\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 Switzerland's 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 \u003cstrong\u003ePlaying a Game of Ghost Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e. He, himself, reanimates the folklore surrounding vampyres into suave Gothic Horror, while Dr. Polidori draws inspiration from Lord Byron's scandalously incestuous relationship with his half-sister to update the myth of Oedipus for modern audiences with Faustian overtones. Then, in a waking dream, 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\u003eLord Byron's \u003cstrong\u003e'The Burial: A Fragment'\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDr John Polidori's \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eErnestus Berchtold; or, The Modern OEdipus\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\u003cli\u003eBonus: Friedrich Laun's \u003cstrong\u003e'The Death-Bride'\u003c\/strong\u003e from Fantasmagoriana\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong with Romantic Poetry of Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Samuel Coleridge.\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Dwight Brown,Mary Shelley,John Polidori\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1931608733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781931608732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Allonymous Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.24d","brand":"Robert Dwight Brown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49083605614847,"sku":"9781931608732","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-strange-birth-to-frankenstein-robert-dwight-brown-9781931608732","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}