An edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus (1818 text) (1818)

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An edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus (1818 text) (1818)

Frankenstein

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This is the original edition which was published in 3 volumes. The cover photograph is of Volume 1.
Published anonymously. By Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
First edition.
With half-titles.
Title page with quote from Milton's Paradise Lost: "Did I request thee, maker, from my clay / To mould me man? Did I solicit thee / From darkness to promote me?"
Printer statement from title page verso of volume 1; place of printing follows printer.
Pagination: volume 1: xii, 181, [3] pages; volume 2: [4], 156 pages; volume 3: [4], 192, [4] pages.
Publisher's advertisements on 2 unnumbered pages at end of volume 1 and 2 unnumbered pages at the end of volume 3.

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W.W. Norton
Language
English
Pages
132

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Frankenstein, victor, Frankenstein's monster, Shelley, mary wollstonecraft , 1797-1851, Scientists, Scientists--fiction, Monsters, Monsters--fiction, Medicine in literature, Science in literature, Pr5397 .f7 2018d, 823/.7, Frankestein (personaje ficticio), Frankestein (personaje ficticio)--novela, Científicos, Científicos--novela, Monstruos, Monstruos--novela, Pr5397 .f7 2008e, Hl 4343, Women and literature--history, Women and literature--england--history--19th century, Horror tales, english--history and criticism, Monsters in literature, Pr5397.f73 m36 1996, Fiction, horror

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Frankenstein: Original 1818 Uncensored Version
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Frankenstein: 1818 Text
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-132).

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A Norton anthology edition

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PR5397.F73 M36 1996b

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xi, 132 p. ;
Number of pages
132

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OL16646335M

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