Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

Simon & Schuster, Apr 27, 2004 - Fiction - 324 pages

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What people are saying

Review: Frankenstein (Norton Critical Editions)

User Review  - Cheshire - Goodreads

Am I the only one who liked Victor? Really? I'm the kind of person who says, “Well, it was his choice, you know…” In this case, I'm saying that it was the creature's choice to become a murderer ...

Review: Frankenstein (Norton Critical Editions)

User Review  - David Schwan - Goodreads

There are really two versions of Frankenstein: the Hollywood versions and the original novel. Hollywood puts significant attention into the monsters the creation the novel on the other hand deals with ...

About the author

Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was born to well-known parents: author and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and philosopher William Godwin. When Mary was sixteen, she met the young poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, a devotee of her father's teachings; Percy and Mary married in December 1816.

The last years of married life were filled with disaster for Mary. Her half sister died, as did two of her children. Mary and Percy eventually moved to Italy, where Percy drowned during a sailing trip in 1822. She continued writing and spent the last years of her life in the loving company of her son and good friends. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley died in 1851 at the age of fifty-three.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Frankenstein; Enriched Classics; Simon & Schuster enriched classic
• Author: Mary Shelley
• Edition: reissue, revised
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2004
• ISBN: 0743487583, 9780743487580
• Length: 324 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Classics; Fiction / General; Fiction / Horror