Frankenstein : the 1818 text / Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

How to read Frankenstein by Charles E. Robinson -- Chronology by Charles E. Robinson -- Suggested further reading by Charles E. Robinson -- Introduction to Frankenstein, Third edition (1831) by Mary Shelley -- The creation of Eve-Genesis 2:18-25, King James Bible -- "Prometheus" by Lord Byron -- Mary Shelly's letter I, Hotel de Secheron, Geneva, May 17,1816 -- Excerpts from a Vindication of the rights of woman by Mary Wollstonecraft -- Mary Shelley's diary entry, March 19,1815.

For the bicentennial of its first publication, Mary Shelley's original 1818 text, introduced by National Book Critics Circle award-winner Charlotte Gordon. 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 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman-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.