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1) Frankenstein
Author
Lexile measure
1170L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The epic battle between man and monster reaches its greatest pitch in the famous story of Frankenstein. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor himself to the very brink. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship ... and horror.
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
Witness a chilling tale of ambition and creation gone awry. Dr. Victor Frankenstein, driven by a thirst for knowledge, assembles a grotesque creature from stolen body parts. Horrified by his creation, he abandons it, setting off a chain of tragic events. The lonely and misunderstood creature seeks revenge on its creator, unleashing a haunting battle between man and monster. Shelley's masterpiece delves into themes of ethics, identity, and the consequences...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The epic battle between man and monster reaches its greatest pitch in the famous story of Frankenstein. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor himself to the very brink. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship ... and horror.
4) Dracula
Author
Lexile measure
HL 1060L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A young lawyer on an assignment finds himself imprisoned in a Transylvanian castle by his mysterious host. Back at home his fiancee and friends are menaced by a malevolent force which seems intent on imposing suffering and destruction. Can the devil really have arrived on England's shores? And what is it that he hungers for so desperately?"-NoveList.
Author
Series
Goosebumps most wanted volume 4
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile measure
400L
Physical Desc
136 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kat is reluctant to visit her Uncle Vic Frankenstein because of all the rumors about him. People in the small town where he lives say he's a mad scientist like his great-grandfather, Victor Frankenstein, who created a monster that came alive and terrorized the town. But Kat is relieved to find that even though he lives in a dark, old castle-like mansion, Uncle Vic is a quiet, gentle man, a scientist interested in building robots with artificial intelligence....
6) Frankenstein
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
v, 153 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged 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.
7) Frankenstein
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (71 min.) : digital, sound, black and white ; 12 cm.
Language
English
Description
Karloff stars in the story as a human monster who gropes for identity after having been created by Dr. Frankenstein in a laboratory.
8) Frankenstein
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
For generations, every Frankenstein has found their true love and equal, unlocking lifetimes of blissful wedded adventure. Clever, pretty (and odd) Angelika Frankenstein has run out of suitors and fears she may become the exception to this family rule. When assisting in her brother Victor's ground-breaking experiment to bring a reassembled man back to life, she realizes that having an agreeable gentleman convalescing in the guest suite might be a...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
350 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Two years after they saw him die, the man they knew as Victor Helios lives on. Detectives Carson O'Connor and Michael Maddison; Victor's engineered wife, Erika 5, and her companion Jocko; and the original Victor's first creation, the tormented Deucalion, have all arrived at a small Montana town where their old alliance will be renewed--and tested--by forces from within and without, and where the dangers they face will eclipse any they have yet encountered....
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
77 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Bailey School Kids take a field trip to a science museum, where they meet Dr. Victor and his hulking assistant, Frank. Secrets lurk behind every door in the spooky old museum. What's Dr. Victor doing in his hidden lab? And could Frank be Frankenstein's monster -- even though he loves to plant flowers?"--
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (312 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
It's alive! It's alive! Not exactly what Mary Shelley had in mind, Frankenstein: The Mad Science of Dick Briefer reanimates the most unusual Frankenstein take of all. What began as a horror feature in 1940s Prize Comics morphed after World War II into a comedic tale of a Frankenstein "who, like Fernando the Bull, would rather pluck flowers than pluck off people's heads." Briefer's Frankenstein mixes screwball comedy with canny observation of postwar...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (78 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Presents a Disney graphic novel retelling the classic "Frankenstein." Doctor Victor von Duckenstein finds a way to create a monster from parts of dead bodies that then develops a mind of its own and learns to hate himself and his creator. Includes a brief biography of Mary Shelley.
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Provides annotations and essays on the social and ethical aspects of the science in Mary Shelley's classic novel, along with the original text which relates the tale of a monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies who develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
39 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Frankenstein wants to marry his undead bride in peace, but his best man, Dracula, is freaking out about the garlic bread, and the Headless Horseman wishes everyone would stop drooling over his pumpkin head.
18) Frankenstein
Author
Series
Publisher
Bolt!, an imprint of Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of Frankenstein, including the movie adaptations, and gives information related to the character's origin, Hollywood influence, and legacy.
20) Frankenstein
Publisher
BBC US / Canada
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This acclaimed modern re-telling of Mary Shelley's classic finds Dr. Victoria Frankenstein as a leading medical scientist using stem cells to create replacement human organs. Desperate to save her dying son William, Frankenstein secretly introduces his DNA to her research. From solitary cells grows a thrilling, emotionally charged gothic masterpiece that comes to a terrifying conclusion. In a world where genetic manipulation is common, has Frankenstein...