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Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Er father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.

Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley.

A smaller edition of Mary Shelley's classic Includes art by Berni Wrightson, a couple of the Lynd Ward wood engravings, a large selection of critical essays, extensive film stills, and, by far, the best bibliography on the subject ever published deal for the trade and scholarly use.

Ssays include a fine postmodern reading by Judith Halberstam; an excellent essay discussing the novel's place in science fiction by Brian Aldiss; a history of artificial men by Radu Florescu; a comprehensive essay on the several different film and stage versions; and several others.

Edition Details

• Limited to 300 copies, each signed by Patrick McGrath.
• Introduction by Patrick McGrath.
• Gallery of film stills of related movies.
• Huge selection of extremely well-written critical essays.
• Ribbon marker, head and tail bands, three-piece cloth construction.

External Links

• Frankenstein (Standard Edition). Centipede Press page for Frankenstein (Standard Edition)
• Mary Shelley (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for Mary Shelley