{"product_id":"9780571277216","title":"Frankenstein: Based on the Novel by Mary Shelley","description":"\u003cb\u003eSlowly I learnt the ways of humans: how to ruin, how to hate, how to debase, how to humiliate. And at the feet of my master I learnt the highest of human skills, the skill no other creature owns: I finally learnt how to lie.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eChildlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Shelley's \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, adapted for the stage by Nick Dear, premiered at the National Theatre, London, in February 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42674175049789,"sku":"9780571277216","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780571277216_p0.jpg?v=1771568801","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780571277216","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}