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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Penguin Classics)
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Mary Shelley’s classic novel, presented in its original 1818 text, with an introduction from National Book Critics Circle award-winner Charlotte Gordon
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
The original 1818 text of Frankenstein 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.
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.
Penguin 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.
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
The original 1818 text of Frankenstein 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.
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.
Penguin 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.
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Penguin Classics)
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$9.99
Massimiliano Comai –
Opera fondamentale nella letteratura romantica inglese
Matthew A. Wirta –
I first read Frankenstein in my mid-twenties one-hundred years ago. I read the Bantam edition and I don’t remember if that was the 1818 version or the 1831 revised version. It’s fun to read the originally published version because I think it’s the truest thing to Mary Shelley’s original concept, before the backlash of critics when she then felt she had to alter some of the stories and add things to please the conservative minds that might have deemed many of her concepts as amoral.
So this version by Penguin Classics stating which version it is is nice. On that note, I must say that I wish, and this is just a nit-picky thing, that Penguin Classics would up the size of their font just a little. With this new edition and new artwork on the cover, I was hoping to see a new and improved font size, but no. Or, if it is, it’s still very small to me.
Beyond the font size, I will say, that this version has a lot of wonderful extras to it. Not only does it come with Charlotte Gordon’s introduction, but also an essay by Charles E. Robinson on how one should read a novel like Frankenstein (as it tackles many vast subjects), then there’s Mary’s Shelley’s introduction to the 1831 version, excerpts from The King James Bible, Genisis and the Creation of Eve, a poem by Lord Byron, a letter from Mary Shelley, excerpts from Shelley’s mother, Mary Wollstonecraft’s book A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, and an entry from Shelley’s diary.
All in all, it’s a wonderful addition to one of the greatest novels ever written! Do I wish that the font was more reader-friendly? Yes, but beyond that, it’s a great deal for the price and it’s a book that everyone should read at least once in their lifetime. The themes and story still hold up today. And the Penguin Classics edition has a lot of wonderful extra material for you to enjoy.
Katie –
I love getting penguin classic books because you get great quality books for a good price. They always use the best translations and the books are very aesthetically appealing. Definitely great if you want a dark academia library on a budget.
Queso –
The cover and a few pages were bent when it arrived, but a book is a book so it wasn’t that big of an issue
Bradley Jay Thompson –
Great introduction, but no textual notes.
Michela –
This is the real deal. Don’t be fooled by cheaper variants that claim to be the 1818 text but are actually the later, censored version.
Maria Zucaro –
This story is more amazing than any movie made about Frankenstein’s monster. When I was little, I wanted to stay up and watch the movie. My mother wisely said I was too young. But I snuck out of bed and peeked into the room to watch it. In the movie the creature accidentally kills a little girl named Maria – my name. From then on I had terrible nightmares. It was like the creature was my own personal monster. When I got older and watched the movie again, I was moved immensely by the creature reaching for light in the darkness and felt much more sympathetic toward him. Reading the book after all these years of feeling this strange connection to the creature, my heart broke for his loneliness. Who else who has read this book no longer thinks of the creature as a monster?
Gabriella small –
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Mr. Zack –
This is a wonderful book ! I love how Shelley uses letter writing as a story telling tool. Her traditional English writing style is descriptive, precise, and intriguing. Shelley places the reader inside this time and place. Read this classic novel.
Eric Casagrande –
This book, as originally written by Mary Shelly, is a terrific read. If you don’t know, as the original story, it is completely different than what you would see on television or at the movies. I think the book is exceedingly better than the movies!
DJ –
“If any being felt emotions of benevolence towards me, I should return them an hundred and an hundred fold; for that one creature’s sake, I would make peace with the whole kind!” (p114)
Most people know there’s a world of difference between the modern, popular image of the Frankenstein story and Mary Shelley’s novel. I certainly did, but I didn’t expect the complex, deep, cerebral, and (mostly) quiet tale I encountered. What a great reading experience! I was especially surprised by the creature’s lengthy, nuanced, first-person account of its own story.
I originally wanted to buy the Norton Critical Edition (1831 version of the story). To my surprise, however, I encountered warnings during the buying process that suggested incompatibility issues with my (gen 7) Kindle. I cancelled the sale and went with the Penguin edition (1818 version of the story). The Penguin edition is a good quality product — not the low-budget OCR monstrosity you often see with eReader versions of older works. I do wish it had included text notes.
R. Gibson –
I had read Frankenstein years ago but decided to order both the 1818 orig version and the 1831 more complete version at the same time. I read this version and remembered bits and pieces but in many ways was like a new experience. So many aspects of this book I find incredible and at the same time depressing. I will not give anything away though. I am now looking for faithful movie adaptations which I fear will be hard to find though I just ordered Hallmark version that sounds extremely faithful to the book.
Michela –
Das Buch habe ich gestern Nachmittag bestellt und es ist heute Morgen in perfektem Zustand angekommen. Einfach fantastisch. Der einzige Mangel für mich ist die Qualität des Taschenbucheinbandes… Es ist kaum dicker als ein Blatt Papier und damit auch super anfällig auf Beschädigung… Ich habe es ganz vorsichtig in meinem Rucksack transportiert ohne scharfe Gegenstände und es hatte danach direkt einen kleinen Riss hinten am Einband und die Kanten sind angeschlagen… Siehe Bilder. Das Buch wird halt echt nicht lange halten, wenn man es z. B. unterwegs liest. Ich finde das wirklich schade, weil ich die Geschichte wirklich toll finde und weil es ja schon etwas frech ist in meinen Augen, wenn man ein Taschenbuch so billig produziert (qualitativ), es aber dann trotzdem für fast 10€ verkauft. Ich habe auch andere Taschenbücher in der Preisklasse, aber ich habe noch nie einen so dünnen Einband gesehen, der so schnell beschädigt ist.