{"product_id":"frankenstein-the-1818-text-paperback","title":"Frankenstein: The 1818 Text - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Shelley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCharlotte Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eCharlotte Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the bicentennial of its first publication, Mary Shelley's original 1818 text, introduced by National Book Critics Circle award-winner Charlotte Gordon. \u003cb\u003eNominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eA Vindication of the Rights of Woman\u003c\/i\u003e--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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Shelley\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London in 1797, daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, famous radical writers of the day. In 1814 she met and soon fell in love with the then-unknown Percy Bysshe Shelley. In December 1816, after Shelley's first wife committed suicide, Mary and Percy married. They lived in Italy from 1818 until 1822, when Shelley drowned, whereupon Mary returned to London to live as a professional writer of novels, stories, and essays until her death in 1851. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eCharlotte Gordon's \u003c\/b\u003eprevious publications include \u003ci\u003eRomantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003eMistress Bradstreet: The Untold Story of America's First Poet\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), and \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Named God: Abraham's Dilemma and the Birth of Three Faiths\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). \u003ci\u003eRomantic Outlaws\u003c\/i\u003e was the winner of the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. Currently, she is the distinguished professor of the humanities at Endicott College. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eCharles E. Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e, was professor of English at the University of Delaware, frequently lectured on \"The Ten Texts of Frankenstein\" and edited\u003ci\u003e Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus: The Original Two-Volume Novel of 1816-1817 from the Bodleian Library Manuscripts, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e(with Percy Bysshe Shelley)\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), reprinted in paperback by Vintage Books (2009). His other books included \u003ci\u003eShelley and Byron: The Snake and Eagle Wreathed in Fight\u003c\/i\u003e (1976) and an edition of \u003ci\u003eMary Shelley: Collected Tales and Short Stories, with Original Engravings \u003c\/i\u003e(1976); \u003ci\u003eThe Mary Shelley Reader \u003c\/i\u003e(1990), coedited with Betty T. Bennett; and an edition of Mary Shelley's \u003ci\u003eMythological Dramas: Proserpine and Midas\u003c\/i\u003e (1992) as well as the two-volume \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein Notebooks \u003c\/i\u003e(1996).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762751570208,"sku":"9780143131847","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ccbb5daf2ab4d46aa33211d9d72c0724.webp?v=1780225224","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/frankenstein-the-1818-text-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}