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001			on1388492102
003			OCoLC
005			20231005111721.0
008			230630s2023 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 2023030826
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dTOH _dOCO _dIUO _dILC _dDYJ _dNFG
020			_a9780063256743 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0063256746 _q(hardcover)
020			_a9780063256750 _q(trade paperback)
020			_a0063256754 _q(trade paperback)
020			_z9780063256774
035			_a(OCoLC)1388492102
041	1		_aeng _hdut
042			_apcc
092			_aEEKHOUT, _bANNE
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aEekhout, Anne, _d1981- _eauthor.
240	1	0	_aMary. _lEnglish
245	1	0	_aMary and the birth of Frankenstein : _ba novel / _cAnne Eekhout ; translated from the Dutch by Laura Watkinson.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bHarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, _c2023.
300			_a303 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aOriginally published as Mary in the Netherlands by De Bezige Bij in 2021.
520			_a"A sapphic reimagining of Mary Shelley's youth, vividly exploring innocence, young love, gothic mystery and the roots of her literary masterpiece, Frankenstein. Switzerland, 1816. A volcanic eruption in Indonesia envelopes the whole of Europe in ash and cloud. Amid this "year without a summer," eighteen-year-old Mary Shelley and her lover Percy Bysshe Shelley arrive at Lake Geneva to visit Lord Byron and his companion John Polidori. Anguished by the recent loss of her child, Mary spends her days in strife. But come nightfall, the friends while away rainy wine-soaked evenings gathered around the fireplace, exchanging stories. One famous evening, Byron issues a challenge to write the best ghost story. Contemplating what to write, Mary recalls another summer, when she was fourteen... Scotland, 1812. A guest of the Baxter family, Mary arrives in Dundee, befriending young Isabella Baxter. The girls soon spend hours together wandering through fields and forests, concocting tales about mythical Scottish creatures, ghosts and monsters roaming the lowlands. As their bond deepens, Mary and Isabella's feelings for each other intensify. But someone has been watching them-the charismatic and vaguely sinister Mr. Booth, Isabella's older brother-in-law, who may not be as benevolent as he purports to be... With gripping mastery and verve, Anne Eekhout brings to life a defining moment in Mary Shelley's youth: the creative wellspring for one of the most original, thrilling, and timeless pieces of literature ever written. Provocative, wonderfully atmospheric and pulsing with emotion, Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein is a hypnotic ode to the power of imagination"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aShelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, _d1797-1851 _vFiction. _983592
650		0	_aLesbians _vFiction. _931514
651		0	_aGeneva, Lake (Switzerland and France) _vFiction. _9248825
651		0	_aDundee (Scotland) _vFiction.
655		7	_aBiographical fiction. _2lcgft _9682
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
655		0	_aLGBTQ+.
700	1		_aWatkinson, Laura, _etranslator.
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c374622 _d374622