{"product_id":"love-sex-frankenstein","title":"Love, Sex \u0026 Frankenstein","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVilla Diodati, Lake Geneva, 1816. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe dark summer that birthed a monster . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEighteen-year-old Mary Shelley has fled London with her lover, Percy Shelley, and her sister, Claire. Tormented by Shelley’s betrayals, haunted by the loss of their baby and suspicious of her sister’s intentions, Mary seeks sanctuary. But Lord Byron’s villa, lying under ominous, ash-shrouded skies, feels more like a trap.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Byron suggests each guest write a supernatural tale, Mary is as drawn to the challenge as she is, unexpectedly, to Byron himself. And so an idea begins to form in her mind . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt spills out of her in thick, black ink. A thing given life is before her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDay and night, she is possessed. Heart and mind. Body and soul. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut is she in control, or is it? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this hauntingly evocative feminist retelling, Caroline Lea delves into the female rage, creative madness and steamy scandal that bore the world's most famous work of gothic fiction. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Paperback \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublished: 2026, UK\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePages: 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLanguage: English  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN: 9781405949002\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Caroline Lea","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57140395540811,"sku":null,"price":13.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8755\/1819\/files\/9781405949002.jpg?v=1777298657","url":"https:\/\/desirelinesbookstore.com\/products\/love-sex-frankenstein","provider":"desirelines books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}