Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus (1818 text)
by Mary Shelley · 1818
This book is in the public domain. Its US copyright has expired, so the full text is free to read at Internet Archive and a free Kindle edition is usually offered alongside the paid printings.
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.
- Published
- 1818
- Pages
- 261
- ISBN
978-0-1418-8360-1- Readers
- 3.8 / 5 from 12 ratings (Open Library)
- Genre
- History , Horror
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