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This dark endeavor

  • Kenneth Oppel

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When his twin brother falls ill in the family's chateau in the independent republic of Geneva in the eighteenth century, sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein embarks on a dangerous and uncertain quest to create the forbidden Elixir of Life described in an ancient text in the family's secret Biblioteka Obscura.

Genres

  • Alchemy
  • Elixir of life
  • Twins
  • History
  • Brothes
  • Fiction
  • Brothers
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Children's fiction
  • Twins, fiction
  • Switzerland, fiction
  • Victor Frankenstein (Fictitious character)
  • Cousins
  • Frankenstein (Personnage fictif)
  • Teenagers
  • Private libraries
  • Canadian Fantasy fiction
  • Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
  • Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
  • Siblings, fiction
  • Frères
  • Diseases
  • Twin brothers
  • Frankenstein (Fictitious character)
  • Alchimie
  • Roman pour jeunes adultes
  • Jumeaux
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About the author

  • Kenneth Oppel

    born 1967

    3.72

    47 ratings · 47 works

Editions

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    Ithaki

    Oct 17, 2014

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    2012

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    Scholastic Inc.

    2011

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    David Fickling

    2011

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David Fickling

2012

  • Edition cover

    HarperTrophyCanada

    2012

  • Edition cover

    Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

    2012

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    Harper Collins

    2011

  • Edition cover

    1st ed.

    Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

    2011

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    Findaway World, LLC

    2011

  • Edition cover

    1st ed.

    Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

    2011