Hideous Love: The Story of the Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein
From Stephanie Hemphill, author of the Printz Honor winner Your Own, Sylvia and the acclaimed novel Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials, comes the fascinating story of gothic novelist Mary Shelley, most famous for the classic Frankenstein.An all-consuming love affair with famed poet...
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From Stephanie Hemphill, author of the Printz Honor winner Your Own, Sylvia and the acclaimed novel Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials, comes the fascinating story of gothic novelist Mary Shelley, most famous for the classic Frankenstein.An all-consuming love affair with famed poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, a family torn apart by scandal, a young author on the brink of greatness: Hideous Love is the story of the mastermind behind one of the most iconic figures in all of literature, a monster constructed out of dead bodies and brought to life by the tragic Dr. Frankenstein.This luminous verse novel reveals how Mary Shelley became one of the most celebrated authors in history.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780061853319 (0061853313)
ASIN: 0061853313
Publish date: 2013-10-01
Publisher: Balzer & Bray
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
DNF at page 125 and I had to skim about 50 of those. I wish I hadn't been in a rush when I found this, so I might have read a bit before buying it, and therefore saved myself some money and a migraine. I don't think I paid more than a couple dollars for it, but it was not worth it. I honestly feel l...
Alright. This book is way more than what I thought it be. For sure, I love the writing. But the characters had my stomach in knots. Love: Let me tells you the way this love is hideous. This love is doomed from the start. And iffy guy attracted to a young girl, romance moves fast. Oh and did I ment...
It's hard for me to write a negative review when I request a title from the publisher and especially when other reviews aren't doing it any favors.I'm a huge fan of retellings of other books and also retellings about the author's life. There's something special about seeing another side or someone's...
A copy of Hideous Love was provided to me by Balzer + Bray/Edelweiss for review purposes.'November brightens my spiritas I let go my fearsand agree to travelto London to be with my Shelley.I visit Skinner Streetand the Hunts.Also History of a Six Weeks Tour,my first book, appears this month,again wi...