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Frankenstein : Introduction by Wendy Lesser by Mary W. Shelley (1992, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679409998
ISBN-139780679409991
eBay Product ID (ePID)12035
Product Key Features
Book TitleFrankenstein : Introduction by Wendy Lesser
Number of Pages264 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, Horror, Literary, Science Fiction / General
Publication Year1992
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorMary W. Shelley
Book SeriesEveryman's Library Classics Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight13.8 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.2 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN91-053195
ReviewsMary Shelley's Frankenstein is one of the masterpieces of nineteenth-century Gothicism. While stay-ing in the Swiss Alps in 1816 with her lover Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and others, Mary, then eighteen, began to concoct the story of Dr. Victor Frankenstein and the monster he brings to life by electricity. Written in a time of great personal tragedy, it is a subversive and morbid story warning against the dehumanization of art and the corrupting influence of science. Packed with allusions and literary references, it is also one of the best thrillers ever written. Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus was an instant bestseller on publication in 1818. The prototype of the science fiction novel, it has spawned countless imitations and adaptations but retains its original power. This Modern Library edition includes a new Introduction by Wendy Steiner, the chair of the English department at the University of Pennsylvania and author of The Scandal of Pleasure. Mary Shelley was born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin in 1797 in London. She eloped to France with Shelley, whom she married in 1816. After Frankenstein, she wrote several novels, including Valperga and Falkner, and edited editions of the poetry of Shelley, who had died in 1822. Mary Shelley died in London in 1851. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal741.5/973
SynopsisNo-one in the grip of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN, with its mythic-minded hero and its highly sympathetic monster who reads Goethe and longs to be at peace with himself, can fail to notice how much more excellent the original is than all the adaptations, imitations and outright plagiarisms which have followed in its ample wake. In her first novel, written at the instigation of Lord Byron and published in 1818 (and revised in 1831), Mary Shelley produced English Romanticism's finest prose fiction.
LC Classification NumberPR5397 .F7 1992
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- Jun 24, 2025
Frankenstein - or the Modern Prometheus once read will never be forgotten.
I remember reading "Frankenstein" as a boy and being terrified by it. The creature's yellow eyes should, I imagine haunt anyone. Justine wrongly accused and hung for murder. The creation of the bride... As I've commented before, the introductions to these volumes are a big selling feature for me. Wendy Lesser's introduction to this work is very much appreciated. My only disappointment (and it's a very small one) is that this is the 1831 edition and I wish it could have been the original 1818 version. Still very happy with it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
