This book is part of a book series called Oxford Playscripts .
This book is aimed at children in secondary school.
There are 78 pages in this book. This book was published 1990 by Oxford University Press .
Philip Pullman is one of the most highly respected children's authors writing today. He lives in Oxford. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797 - 1851) was an English writer, best known for her novel "Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus".
This book contains the following story:
Frankenstein
Also known by "the Modern Prometheus", Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a strange story. Victor Frankenstein creates a monster which he then abandons. His Monster is therefore forced to cope alone, and in a world that values beauty finds that he is hated. Unsurprisingly the Monster gets cross and seeks revenge on his maker, causing all manner of trouble.