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'A great Gothic tale revisited. In Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein', the monster's unfinished "bride" is destroyed by Dr Frankenstein and cast into the sea. But what if she had survived? What if she had gone on to seek out her maker, her origins, her would-be husband? 

Madeleine Sauvage is a creature with a beautiful face attached to a grotesquely assembled body. She has a loving heart but a murderous hand, and a heart-wrenching longing to belong. Born of the sea, Madeleine begins a journey that takes her from Scotland, through revolutionary France, to Frankenstein's door and beyond. Her search ends in a sense where it began: with Mary Shelley, the true author of her soul. And it is at Mary's deathbed that she confesses all, about her life, her love, and her need for revenge... '

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Notes

  • Herein the Testimony of Madeleine, the only female creation of Victor Frankenstein -- p.[iii]
  • Epigraph: The remains of the half-finished creature ... lay scattered on the floor, and I ... put them into a basket, with a great quantity of stones, and ... determined to throw them into the sea that very night ... (Mary Shelley, from Frankenstein)

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    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 2003 .
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      • Published: May 2003
         

      ISBN: 0670040533
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y separately published work icon Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (International) assertion Mary Shelley , London : Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Maver & Jones , 1818 Z856175 1818 single work novel horror

'Victor Frankenstein, a Swiss scientist, has a great ambition: to create intelligent life. But when his creature first stirs, he realizes he has made a monster. A monster which, abandoned by his master and shunned by everyone who sees it, sets out to destroy Dr Frankenstein with murder and horrors to the very ends of the earth.' (Source: Penguin)
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— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 112-127) According to James Doig the horror genre 'was overlooked by the popular circulating libraries in Australia.' In this chapter he observes that this 'marginalization of horror reflects both the trepidation felt by the conservative library system towards 'penny dreadfuls,' and the fact that horror had limited popular appeal with the British (and Australian) reading public.' Doig concludes that there is 'no Australian author of horror novels with the same commercial cachet' as authors of fantasy or science fiction. He proposes that if Australian horror fiction wants to compete successfully 'in the long-term it needs to develop a flourishing and vibrant small press contingent prepared to nurture new talent' like the USA and UK small presses.' (Editor's foreword xii)
Shadowland Patrick Garson , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Muse , February no. 236 2004; (p. 14)
— Review of Born of the Sea Victor Kelleher , 2003 single work novel
[Review] Born of the Sea Esmé Kidd , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 17 no. 3 2003; (p. 38)
— Review of Born of the Sea Victor Kelleher , 2003 single work novel
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— Review of Born of the Sea Victor Kelleher , 2003 single work novel
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 July 2003; (p. 2)
— Review of Born of the Sea Victor Kelleher , 2003 single work novel
Frankenstein's Female Stella Clarke , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 31 May-1 June 2003; (p. 8-9)
— Review of Born of the Sea Victor Kelleher , 2003 single work novel
Stitched Up Stephanie Trigg , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 252 2003; (p. 39)
— Review of Born of the Sea Victor Kelleher , 2003 single work novel
First Page Test Megan Gressor , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 July 2003; (p. 2)
— Review of Born of the Sea Victor Kelleher , 2003 single work novel
A Monstrous Tale Chris McLeod , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 August 2003; (p. 14)
— Review of Born of the Sea Victor Kelleher , 2003 single work novel
Shadowland Patrick Garson , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Muse , February no. 236 2004; (p. 14)
— Review of Born of the Sea Victor Kelleher , 2003 single work novel
Plucking Out a Monster Sequel Helen Chryssides , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 June 2003; (p. 3a)
The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950 James Doig , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 112-127) According to James Doig the horror genre 'was overlooked by the popular circulating libraries in Australia.' In this chapter he observes that this 'marginalization of horror reflects both the trepidation felt by the conservative library system towards 'penny dreadfuls,' and the fact that horror had limited popular appeal with the British (and Australian) reading public.' Doig concludes that there is 'no Australian author of horror novels with the same commercial cachet' as authors of fantasy or science fiction. He proposes that if Australian horror fiction wants to compete successfully 'in the long-term it needs to develop a flourishing and vibrant small press contingent prepared to nurture new talent' like the USA and UK small presses.' (Editor's foreword xii)
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