Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Charlotte Gordon

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About "Frankenstein: The 1818 Text"

Mary Shelley's seminal novel of the scientist whose creation becomes a monsterThis edition is the original 1818 text, which preserves the hard-hitting and politically charged aspects of Shelley's original writing, as well as her unflinching wit and strong female voice. This edition also includes a new introduction and suggestions for further reading by author and Shelley expert Charlotte Gordon, literary excerpts and reviews selected by Gordon and a chronology and essay by preeminent Shelley scholar Charles E. Robinson.

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  • Classics
  • Fiction
  • Horror
  • Science Fiction
  • Gothic
  • Fantasy
  • School
  • Literature
  • Novels
  • 19th Century
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