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Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus
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Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus Mass market paperbound - 2000

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; Foreword by Walter James Miller; Afterword by Harold Bloom


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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.




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Here is the classic novel of supreme horror that has held readers spellbound since its publication in 1816. This new edition will also feature an examination of the films inspired by Shelley's groundbreaking work, plus a fascinating look into genetic engineering and the modern implications of this immortal tale.


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Here is the classic novel of supreme horror that has held readers spellbound since its publication in 1816. This new edition will also feature an examination of the films inspired by Shelley's groundbreaking work, plus a fascinating look into genetic engineering and the modern implications of this immortal tale.


@NotoriousDOC Just did a bit-torrent-style grave robbery. My new 'man' will be an artful collage. Also, good conversation starter. It's alive! I'd better beat it over the head repeatedly with a fire extinguisher.
So sometimes you build something, and it gets away. They're gonna can me at the university if they find out about this. From "Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less"

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, Or, the Modern Prometheus
  • Author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; Foreword by Walter James Miller; Afterword by Harold Bloom
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Pages 212
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Signet Book, New York, NY
  • Date 2000-08-01
  • ISBN 9780451527714 / 0451527712
  • Weight 0.25 lbs (0.11 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.61 x 4.08 x 0.65 in (16.79 x 10.36 x 1.65 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Reading level 1000
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Horror fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00708732
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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