# Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

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- Authors: [Mary Shelley](https://www.bookquiver.com/mary-shelley)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4313-184-7
- Pages: 352
- Published: 2018-03-08
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Mary Shelley's seminal novel of the scientist whose creation becomes a monster This edition is 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 includes a new introduction and suggestions for further reading by author and Shelley expert Charlotte Gordon, literary excerpts and reviews selected by Gordon and a chronology and essay by preeminent Shelley scholar Charles E. Robinson.