{"product_id":"frankenstein-the-1818-text-9780143131847","title":"Frankenstein: The 1818 Text","description":"\u003cb\u003eMary Shelley's classic novel, presented in its original 1818 text, with an introduction from National Book Critics Circle award-winner Charlotte Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eNominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe original 1818 text of \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eA Vindication of the Rights of Woman\u003c\/i\u003e--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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This edition includes a new introduction and suggestions for further reading by National Book Critics Circle award-winner and Shelley expert Charlotte Gordon, literary excerpts and reviews selected by Gordon, and a chronology and essay by preeminent Shelley scholar Charles E. Robinson. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePenguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Shelley\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London in 1797, daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, famous radical writers of the day. In 1814 she met and soon fell in love with the then-unknown Percy Bysshe Shelley. In December 1816, after Shelley's first wife committed suicide, Mary and Percy married. They lived in Italy from 1818 until 1822, when Shelley drowned, whereupon Mary returned to London to live as a professional writer of novels, stories, and essays until her death in 1851. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eCharlotte Gordon's \u003c\/b\u003eprevious publications include \u003ci\u003eRomantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003eMistress Bradstreet: The Untold Story of America's First Poet\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), and \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Named God: Abraham's Dilemma and the Birth of Three Faiths\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). \u003ci\u003eRomantic Outlaws\u003c\/i\u003e was the winner of the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. Currently, she is the distinguished professor of the humanities at Endicott College. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eCharles E. Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e, was professor of English at the University of Delaware, frequently lectured on \"The Ten Texts of Frankenstein\" and edited\u003ci\u003e Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus: The Original Two-Volume Novel of 1816-1817 from the Bodleian Library Manuscripts, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e(with Percy Bysshe Shelley)\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), reprinted in paperback by Vintage Books (2009). His other books included \u003ci\u003eShelley and Byron: The Snake and Eagle Wreathed in Fight\u003c\/i\u003e (1976) and an edition of \u003ci\u003eMary Shelley: Collected Tales and Short Stories, with Original Engravings \u003c\/i\u003e(1976); \u003ci\u003eThe Mary Shelley Reader \u003c\/i\u003e(1990), coedited with Betty T. Bennett; and an edition of Mary Shelley's \u003ci\u003eMythological Dramas: Proserpine and Midas\u003c\/i\u003e (1992) as well as the two-volume \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein Notebooks \u003c\/i\u003e(1996).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50575253471506,"sku":"9780143131847","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e9014155-4faf-4401-adf7-649348bf7ba4.jpg?v=1764073012","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/frankenstein-the-1818-text-9780143131847","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}