Frankenstein

May 2023 - epub format revised and verified by zardox (no changes to book content). Genre: Literature ebook, 271 pages Paperback, 288 pages Published: 1818 Edition: Penguin Books (2018) Masterworks of Science Fiction Guardian/Mccrum 100 Best Novels Greatest Books (amalgamated list of best books) Introduction by: Charlotte Gordon (2018) Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus; The 1818 Text 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.