Mary Shelley

Gorgeous Collector's Edition of the masterpiece from the gothic pen of Mary Shelley. Victor Frankenstein is a man of science obsessed with creation. However, on achieving a miracle, Frankenstein finds himself horrified by the creature of his own making. This new version includes two companion pieces, 'Transformation', and 'The Mortal Immortal', as well as Aeschylus' original Prometheus Bound. Flame Tree Collector's Editions present the foundations of speculative fiction, authors without whom the imaginative literature of the twentieth century would not exist, bringing the best and most influential writers into a striking and collectable library. Each book features a new introduction, a short biography and a glossary of Gothic and Victorian terms.

Tales and Stories (1891) is a collection of short fiction by Mary Shelley. Despite her reputation as one of the foremost English novelists of the nineteenth century, Shelley also wrote numerous stories for magazines and other publications, earning a reputation as a gifted storyteller in all forms of fiction. In “The Sisters of Albano,” a traveler resting on the banks of an Italian lake strikes up a conversation with a beautiful Countess. Inspired by the history and landscape of the region, the Countess tells the tragic story of a local family. During the French occupation of Italy under Napoleon’s rule, Anina and Maria live vastly different lives. Maria, the older sister, is a nun at the convent of Santa Chiara in Rome, while Anina, the younger, is in love with a mysterious outlaw named Domenico. When the French arrive in Albano, Anina goes searching for Domenico, who has gone into hiding with other members of the local resistance. After the young girl is arrested and sentenced to die for violating an officer’s orders, Maria, dressed in her religious habit, appeals to the French on her sister’s behalf. In “Ferdinando Eboli,” a Neapolitan Count bids farewell to his young fiancée before going off to fight for his king. When he returns, he finds that an impostor has taken over his estate—and married the unsuspecting Adalinda. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Mary Shelley’s Tales and Stories is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers.

Mathilda (1959) is a posthumous novella by English writer and Romantic Mary Shelley. Written as a means of self-distraction following the deaths of her young children in Italy, Mathilda is a work haunted by tragic loss. Unpublished for over a century, its posthumous appearance helped cement Shelley’s reputation as a leading Romantic, an artist unafraid of confronting such themes and taboos as incest and suicide in her work. Mathilda, named after its narrator, traces a young woman’s troubled life from birth to her premature deathbed. Following her mother’s death during childbirth and her father’s subsequent abandonment, Mathilda is raised by her aunt in rural Loch Lomond, Scotland. A gifted reader and promising intellectual, she rises from her difficult circumstances to lead a relatively happy childhood. When, at the age of 16, her father reenters her life, the two reconnect and eventually move together to London. As she begins to receive suitors however, her father’s strange jealousy and irrational behavior conceal a terrible secret. When he reveals his incestuous desires to Mathilda, she rejects him, resulting in his suicide and leaving her unmarried, orphaned, and financially unstable. Living in self-imposed exile, she befriends the similarly melancholy Woodville, a young widower and poet who does his best to care for her despite her crushing bouts of depression and frequent suicidal thoughts. Mathilda is an emotionally complex and ultimately difficult novella recognized for its controversial themes and for its parallels to Shelley’s own tragic life. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Mary Shelley’s Mathilda is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers.

The Last Man (1826) is a dystopian novel by Mary Shelley. Dedicated to the recently deceased Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron, The Last Man was controversial upon publication and was immediately suppressed by British authorities. Resurrected by dedicated critics and readers, the novel is now recognized as a pioneering work of science fiction and as the first work of dystopian literature to be published in English. The ambitious and semi-autobiographical work is set toward the end of the 21st century and follows a group of radical friends whose experiences during a period of political upheaval test the limits of their love and push them to the brink of survival. After the abdication of the British monarchy, the former prince Adrian befriends Lionel, a fiercely independent and philosophical advocate of republicanism. When Lionel returns from two years abroad in Vienna, where he was conducting political business, he finds that Adrian has disappeared following a conflict with Lord Raymond, who falls in love with the Greek princess Evadne while scheming to be named England’s new king. They eventually resolve their enmity, however, and Raymond travels to Greece with Adrian to fight in a quickly expanding conflict with the Ottomans. As the war rages on, a plague breaks out and spreads without warning across Europe and overseas to the Americas. As the continent is ravaged by conflict and disease, Lionel and his group of friends struggle to keep one another alive in a world growing more hostile and less habitable by the day. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Mary Shelley’s The Last Man is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers.

"Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Shelley tells the tale of a young scientist named Victor Frankenstein, who creates a living creature in a heretical scientific experiment.

This Norton Critical Edition includes: The 1818 first edition text of the novel, introduced and annotated by J. Paul Hunter. Three maps and eight illustrations. A wealth of source and contextual materials, thematically arranged to promote classroom discussion. Topics include “Sources, Influences, Analogues”, “Circumstances, Composition, Revision” and “Reception, Impact, Adaptation”. Eleven critical essays on Frankenstein’s major themes, six of them new to the Third Edition. A chronology and a selected bibliography. About the Series Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format—annotated text, contexts and criticism—helps students to better understand, analyse and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'. 200 years after it was first published, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has stood the test of time as a gothic masterpiece-a classic work of humanity and horror that blurs the line between man and monster... The story of Victor Frankenstein who, obsessed with creating life itself, plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, but whose botched creature sets out to destroy his maker, would become the world's most famous work of horror fiction, and remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity. A novel of hallucinatory intensity, Frankenstein represents one of the most striking flowerings of the Romantic imagination.

The Last Man is an apocalyptic, dystopian science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, first published in 1826. The narrative concerns Europe in the late 21st century, ravaged by a mysterious pandemic illness that rapidly sweeps across the entire globe, ultimately resulting in the near extinction of humanity. Once part of the most significant social circle of second-generation Romantic poet-intellectuals, Shelley now found herself almost alone in the world. As it kills off character after character, The Last Man recreates this history of loss along with its author's crushing sense of loneliness.

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If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear This edition is also available in a beautiful hardcover (ISBN: 9781954839052)The idea of a reanimated corpse was famously conceived by an 18 year old Mary Shelley on holiday with her future husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron near Lake Geneva, Switzerland. The three were tasked with writing a ghost story, which resulted in one of the most famous novels to come from the 19th century. Published anonymously in a three volume series, Frankenstein instantly set the standard for a true literary horror and its themes lead many to believe it was the first true science fiction novel. In 1831 and after much pressure, Mary Shelley revised the text to be more fitting to contemporary standards. Presented here by Reader's Library Classics is the original 1818 text of Frankenstein. Young scientist Victor Frankenstein, grief-stricken over the death of his mother, sets out in a series of laboratory experiments testing the ability to create life from non-living matter. Soon, his experiments progress further until he creates a humanoid creature eight feet tall. But as Frankenstein soon discovers, a successful experiment does not always equal a positive outcome.

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear The idea of a reanimated corpse was famously conceived by an 18 year old Mary Shelley on holiday with her future husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron near Lake Geneva, Switzerland. The three were tasked with writing a ghost story, which resulted in one of the most famous novels to come from the 19th century. Presented here by Reader's Library Classics is a striking hardcover of the mainstream edition (1831) of Frankenstein. Young scientist Victor Frankenstein, grief-stricken over the death of his mother, sets out in a series of laboratory experiments testing the ability to create life from non-living matter. Soon, his experiments progress further until he creates a humanoid creature eight feet tall. But as Frankenstein soon discovers, a successful experiment does not always equal a positive outcome.

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear The idea of a reanimated corpse was famously conceived by an 18 year old Mary Shelley on holiday with her future husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron near Lake Geneva, Switzerland. The three were tasked with writing a ghost story, which resulted in one of the most famous novels to come from the 19th century. Published anonymously in a three volume series, Frankenstein instantly set the standard for a true literary horror and its themes led many to believe it was the first true science fiction novel. In 1831 and after much pressure, Mary Shelley revised the text to be more fitting to contemporary standards. Presented here by Reader's Library Classics is a striking hardcover of the original 1818 text of Frankenstein. Young scientist Victor Frankenstein, grief-stricken over the death of his mother, sets out in a series of laboratory experiments testing the ability to create life from non-living matter. Soon, his experiments progress further until he creates a humanoid creature eight feet tall. But as Frankenstein soon discovers, a successful experiment does not always equal a positive outcome.

This box is filled up with stories about the bittersweetness of love: about all-encompassing love but also broken hearts, vanity and evil, thoughtfulness and disappointment. Four short stories written by some of our most beloved authors of all time. The box contains four pocket-sized books: Oscar Wilde - The Nightingale and the Rose& The Sphinx Without a Secret Mary Shelley - The Trial of Love Leo Tolstoy - After the BallVirginia Woolf - The Legacy The concept of Novellix is simple; small books, big stories, all contained within beautiful, accessible packages, perfect for reading on the go.

In der Reihe Klassiker in neuer Rechtschreibung gibt Klara Neuhaus-Richter die 10.000 wichtigsten B cher der Weltliteratur in der empfohlenen Schreibweise nach Duden heraus. Mary Shelley: Frankenstein oder Der moderne Prometheus Als Lord Byron mit seinem Freund und Arzt John Polidori 1816 die Villa Diodati am Genfer See mietet und den Romantiker Percy Bysshe Shelley mit seiner sp teren Ehefrau Mary und deren Halbschwester Claire Clairmont zu einer Sommerfrische einl dt, spielt das Wetter nicht mit. Der anhaltend kalte und regnerische Sommer zwingt die Gruppe zu fortdauerndem Aufenthalt im Haus. Aufkommender Langeweile begegnet man mit reichlichem Drogenkosum und dem Vortrag von Schauergeschichten. Als letztere ausgehen regt Byron an, jeder der Anwesenden m ge eine eigene Geschichte schreiben. Marys Beitrag erz hlt von Viktor Frankensteins Schaffung eines k nstlichen Menschen, die Verlagsrechte wird sie sp ter f r 60 Pfund verkaufen. Erstdruck 1818, anonym ver ffentlicht. Hier in deutscher bersetzung der Fassung von 1831 von Heinz Widtmann, 1912. Neu herausgegeben von Klara Neuhaus-Richter, Berlin 2021. Umschlaggestaltung von Rainer Richter unter Verwendung einer Portr tzeichnung von Josefine Weinschrott. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 11 pt. Henricus - Edition Deutsche Klassik GmbH ber die Autorin: 1797 als Tochter des Sozialphilosophen William Godwin und der kurz nach der Geburt verstorbenen Frauenrechtlerin Mary Wollstonecraft in London geboren, w chst Mary Godwin in dem liberalen und geistig anregenden Umfeld der v terlichen Verlagsbuchhandlung auf. 1814 verliebt sie sich in den exzentrischen - und berdies verheirateten - Schriftsteller Percy Bysshe Shelley und reist mit ihm, gegen den Willen ihres Vaters, in die Schweiz. Als sie nach England zur ckkehren, ist Mary schwanger und der mittellose Percy auf der Flucht vor seinen Gl ubigern. 1816 - Percy hat zwischenzeitlich ein stattliches Erbe angetreten - reisen sie erneut in Schweiz und es kommt zu dem

In der Reihe Klassiker in neuer Rechtschreibung gibt Klara Neuhaus-Richter die 10.000 wichtigsten B cher der Weltliteratur in der empfohlenen Schreibweise nach Duden heraus. Mary Shelley: Frankenstein oder Der moderne Prometheus Als Lord Byron mit seinem Freund und Arzt John Polidori 1816 die Villa Diodati am Genfer See mietet und den Romantiker Percy Bysshe Shelley mit seiner sp teren Ehefrau Mary und deren Halbschwester Claire Clairmont zu einer Sommerfrische einl dt, spielt das Wetter nicht mit. Der anhaltend kalte und regnerische Sommer zwingt die Gruppe zu fortdauerndem Aufenthalt im Haus. Aufkommender Langeweile begegnet man mit reichlichem Drogenkosum und dem Vortrag von Schauergeschichten. Als letztere ausgehen regt Byron an, jeder der Anwesenden m ge eine eigene Geschichte schreiben. Marys Beitrag erz hlt von Viktor Frankensteins Schaffung eines k nstlichen Menschen, die Verlagsrechte wird sie sp ter f r 60 Pfund verkaufen. Erstdruck 1818, anonym ver ffentlicht. Hier in deutscher bersetzung der Fassung von 1831 von Heinz Widtmann, 1912. Neu herausgegeben von Klara Neuhaus-Richter, Berlin 2021. Umschlaggestaltung von Rainer Richter unter Verwendung einer Portr tzeichnung von Josefine Weinschrott. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 11 pt. Henricus - Edition Deutsche Klassik GmbH ber die Autorin: 1797 als Tochter des Sozialphilosophen William Godwin und der kurz nach der Geburt verstorbenen Frauenrechtlerin Mary Wollstonecraft in London geboren, w chst Mary Godwin in dem liberalen und geistig anregenden Umfeld der v terlichen Verlagsbuchhandlung auf. 1814 verliebt sie sich in den exzentrischen - und berdies verheirateten - Schriftsteller Percy Bysshe Shelley und reist mit ihm, gegen den Willen ihres Vaters, in die Schweiz. Als sie nach England zur ckkehren, ist Mary schwanger und der mittellose Percy auf der Flucht vor seinen Gl ubigern. 1816 - Percy hat zwischenzeitlich ein stattliches Erbe angetreten - reisen sie erneut in Schweiz und es kommt zu dem

TransformationFernando EboliThe Evil EyeThese three tales were written for the popular literary gift annual The Keepsake in 1828, 1829 and 1831. Their 'sensational' themes include exotic locations, dire misfortune, long-lost kin, stolen identity, evil redeemed, plots resolved by strange coincidences, and in one case at least, an encounter with a supernatural being. Gothic fare. The cover image is taken from an illustration to The Evil Eye in The Keepsake for 1830.

Falkner charts a young woman's education under a tyrannical father figure. As a six-year-old orphan, Elizabeth Raby prevents Rupert Falkner from committing suicide; Falkner then adopts her and brings her up to be a model of virtue. However, she falls in love with Gerald Neville, whose mother Falkner had unintentionally driven to her death years before. When Falkner is finally acquitted of murdering Neville's mother, Elizabeth's female values subdue the destructive impulses of the two men she loves, who are reconciled and unite with Elizabeth in domestic harmony.

Valperga is a historical novel which relates the adventures of the early fourteenth-century despot Castruccio Castracani, a real historical figure who became the lord of Lucca and conquered Florence. His armies threaten the fortress of Valperga, governed by Countess Euthanasia, the woman he loves. He forces her to choose between her feelings for him and political liberty.

Lodore focuses on the microcosm of the family. The central story follows the fortunes of the wife and daughter of the title character, Lord Lodore, who is killed in a duel, leaving a trail of legal, financial, and familial obstacles for the two "heroines" to negotiate. Lodore's daughter, Ethel, is raised to be over-dependent on paternal control while his estranged wife, Cornelia, is preoccupied with the norms and appearances of aristocratic society. They are both contrasted with the intellectual and independent Fanny Derham.