For the bicentennial of its first publication, Mary Shelley’s original 1818 text, introduced by National Book Critics Circle award-winner Charlotte Gordon. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read 2018 marks the bicentennial of Mary Shelley’s seminal novel. For the first time, Penguin Classics will publish 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 emphasizes Shelley’s relationship with her mother—trailblazing feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, who penned A Vindication of the Rights of Woman—and demonstrates her commitment to carrying forward her mother’s ideals, placing her in the context of a feminist legacy rather than the sole female in the company of male poets, including Percy Shelley and Lord Byron. This edition includes a new introduction and suggestions for further reading by National Book Critics Circle award-winner and Shelley expert Charlotte Gordon, literary excerpts and reviews selected by Gordon, and a chronology and essay by preeminent Shelley scholar Charles E. Robinson. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Penguin Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Shelley, Mary

Genre Fiction

Penguin Classics

Shelley's enduringly popular and rich gothic tale confronts some of the most feared innovations of evolutionism and science--topics such as degeneracy, hereditary disease, and humankind's ability to act as creator of the modern world. This new edition, based on the harder and wittier 1818 version of the text, draws on new research and examines the novel in the context of the controversial radical sciences developing in the years following the Napoleonic Wars, and shows the relationship of Frankenstein's experiment to the contemporary debate between champions of materialistic science and proponents of received religion.

Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus: The 1818 Text (Oxford World's Classics)

Literary

Oxford University Press

This is the original, 1818 text of Frankenstein. In 1831, the more traditionally first "popular" edition in one volume appeared.This version of the story was heavily revised by Mary Shelley who was under pressure to make the story more conservative, and included a new, longer preface by her, presenting a somewhat embellished version of the genesis of the story. This edition tends to be the one most widely read now but many scholars prefer the 1818 text, arguing that it preserves the spirit of Shelley's original publication.

Frankenstein - Original 1818 Uncensored Version

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Frankenstein: Original 1818 Uncensored Version

This is the original 1818 text of Frankenstein. In 1831, the more popular edition of Frankenstein appeared. In this later version, the story was heavily revised by Mary Shelley who was under pressure to make the book more conservative. The 1831 edition tends to be the one most widely read now but many scholars prefer the 1818 text, arguing that it preserves the spirit of Shelley's original publication. The 1818 edition also includes a preface by Shelley explaining the origins of Frankenstein.

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Frankenstein is the most successful Gothic novel in history and is also considered to be one of the earliest examples of science fiction. The story is partially based on Giovanni Aldini's electrical experiments on dead and (sometimes) living animals. It has had a considerable influence across literature and popular culture and helped spawn a complete genre of horror novels and films.

Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus: The 1818 Text

Classics

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

“It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld my man completed ..." 
In the summer of 1816, a young, well-educated woman from England traveled with her lover to the Swiss Alps. Unseasonable rain kept them trapped inside their lodgings, where they entertained themselves by reading ghost stories. At the urging of renowned poet Lord Byron, a friend and neighbor, they set their own pens to paper, competing to see who could write the best ghost story. 
The young woman, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, took the prize, with her tale of eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. ‘Frankenstein’ became a bestseller and a Gothic classic that still resonates with readers almost two centuries later… 
This is the original, 1818 text. In 1831, the more traditionally first "popular" edition in one volume appeared.This version of the story was heavily revised by Mary Shelley who was under pressure to make the story more conservative, and included a new, longer preface by her, presenting a somewhat embellished version of the genesis of the story. This edition tends to be the one most widely read now but many scholars prefer the 1818 text, arguing that it preserves the spirit of Shelley's original publication.

When an eccentric scientist decides to play God with nature, a horror quite unlike any other unfolds. This classic Gothic tale raises questions at every turn: religious, existential, moral and philosophical - all the while maintaining a gripping storyline. This edition of Frankenstein is taken from the original, uncensored text (1818). [Set in 10pt Georgia on executive paper]

Frankenstein: the original 1818 text

When an eccentric scientist decides to play God with nature, a horror quite unlike any other unfolds. This classic Gothic tale raises questions at every turn: religious, existential, moral and philosophical - all the while maintaining a gripping storyline. It is a feat all the more remarkable given that Shelley was not yet twenty-one years of age when she completed the work. This edition includes Percy Shelley's contemporary essay on the novel. [Printed on traditional cream paper and set in comfortably legible print with wide, thumb-friendly margins.]

Frankenstein: the 1818 text, including Percy Shelley's contemporary review

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley about eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818.

Frankenstein (The Original 1818 Text)

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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Penguin Classics)

Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus: The 1818 Text (Oxford World's Classics)

Frankenstein - Original 1818 Uncensored Version

Frankenstein: Original 1818 Uncensored Version

Frankenstein: Original 1818 Uncensored Version

Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus: The 1818 Text

Frankenstein - Original 1818 Uncensored Version

Frankenstein: the original 1818 text

Frankenstein: the 1818 text, including Percy Shelley's contemporary review

Frankenstein (The Original 1818 Text)