Frankenstein: Mary Shelley (Faber Classics)
Jan 2026 · Faber & Faber
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Mary and Percy Shelley spent the stormy summer of 1816 on the shores of Lake Geneva with Lord Byron, who suggested a ghost story competition. Mary, eighteen years old at the time, based her contribution on a terrifying waking dream. She worked her short story into her famous novel, which was first published anonymously in 1818. It has become the archetypal modern myth, portraying the hubris of humanity and the maker's rejection of his own creation.
A new Faber Classics edition of the archetypal horror and science fiction novel.
A new Faber Classics edition of the archetypal horror and science fiction novel.
Mary and Percy Shelley spent the stormy summer of 1816 on the shores of Lake Geneva with Lord Byron, who suggested a ghost story competition. Mary, eighteen years old at the time, based her contribution on a terrifying waking dream. She worked her short story into her famous novel, which was firs...
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Mary Shelley (1797-1857) was the daughter of the radical writers Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, but she never knew her mother, who died when she was ten days old. In 1814, she eloped to Europe with Percy Bysshe Shelley and they married in 1816. After Shelley drowned in 1822, Mary returned to London with their only son, Percy Florence, and worked as a professional writer for the rest of her life.
Mary Shelley (1797-1857) was the daughter of the radical writers Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, but she never knew her mother, who died when she was ten days old. In 1814, she eloped to Europe with Percy Bysshe Shelley and they married in 1816. After Shelley drowned in 1822, Mary returne...
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