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Title:
Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus : the original two-volume novel of 1816-1817 from the Bodleian Library manuscripts
Author:
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851.
ISBN:
9780307474421
Uniform Title:
Frankenstein
Edition:
1st Vintage classics ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Vintage Books, 2009, c2008.
Physical Description:
448 p. [pap] : ill. ; 21 cm.
Series:
Vintage classics
General Note:
Originally published: Oxford, England : Bodleian Library, 2008.
Abstract:
Presents two versions of the classic novel including an original draft as first written by Mary Shelly and a subsequent version that incorporated Percy Shelley's amendments and contributions, in a volume that offers insight into Mary's colloquial and modern style and Percy's contrasting prose that served to humanize the monster.