Frankenstein Mass market paperbound - 2013
by Mary Shelley; Afterword by Harold Bloom; Introduction by Douglas Clegg
This harrowing tale has held readers spellbound ever since it was published almost two centuries ago. This edition features a new Introduction by Clegg and an Afterword by preeminent literary critic Bloom. Revised reissue.
About this book
Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus is a Gothic novel written by Mary Shelley in 1818. The story revolves around Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who creates a monstrous creature and immediately regrets his actions, abandoning the creature to its own devices. The creature, seeking acceptance and revenge, terrorizes Victor and those he loves. Themes of ambition, ethics, humanity, and loneliness are explored through Shelley's vivid descriptions of the natural world and her characters' psychological torment. Frankenstein remains a classic of Gothic literature and a seminal work of science fiction.
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin wrote the first draft of her groundbreaking novel in 1816, while on a trip to Lake Geneva with her soon-to-be husband, poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and poet Lord Byron. They were stuck indoors during famously known as the Year Without a Summer.
Summary
With a New Introduction by Douglas Clegg
And an Afterword by Harold Bloom
First Edition Identification
A small London publishing house, Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, first printed Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus in a limited series of just 500 copies on January 1, 1818. By then, Mary was just 20 years old. The first edition was published anonymously in 1818, with a preface by Percy B. Shelley and a dedication to Mary’s father, philosopher William Godwin. Mary Shelley didn’t publicly claim her novel until years later, and her name appears in the second edition, published in 1823. First edition original pasteboards were in blueish gray. First editions are very scarce and exceptionally rare on the market. In 2021 one of the first 500 copies of the novel was sold at auction for $1.17 million. It was the first Frankenstein first edition copy to be auctioned since 1985.
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- Title Frankenstein
- Author Mary Shelley; Afterword by Harold Bloom; Introduction by Douglas Clegg
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Signet Book
- Date 2013-10-01
- Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian
- ISBN 9780451532244 / 0451532244
- Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.8 in (17.02 x 10.67 x 2.03 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Horror fiction, Scientists
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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