books by Mary Shelley

books by Mary Shelley

books:

Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley

Pocket, 2004

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
I bought this for my son for a school reading assignment. He did not like the book at all. Me, on the other hand, I liked it. I read it years & years ago but I enjoyed it the 2nd time around.

Frankenstein; Dracula; Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, ...

Signet Classics, 1978

Trio of Horror
There is an introduction written by Stephen King but it adds some to the stories themselves as it places them within historical context. But if you are a first time reader of these stories be warned there are no footnotes, endnotes, or explanations of unfamiliar terms ...

Frankenstein (Penguin Classics)

Mary Shelley

Penguin Classics, 2003

4-1/2 stars for a classic the movies messed up
Did the people who made the Frankenstein movie even read this book? All of the things that I associated with Frankenstein are creations of the movie alone. No Igor, no lightning striking the body, no grave-robbing (not directly referred to anyway), no mountain ...

Frankenstein (Longman Cultural Editions)

Mary Shelley, Susan J. Wolfson

Longman, 2006

Frankenstein plus writings contemporaneous of the novel
Mary Wollenstonecraft Shelley's "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" is a major novel in Western Civilization. I always think of it as representing the paradigm shift from religion to science, embodied in the contrast with the myth of Faust with the story of ...

Frankenstein: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic

Mary Shelley

Kaplan Publishing, 2006

Read A Classic, and Prep for the SAT!
This is one of the best ways of learning SAT vocab, or simply vocab for your own personal gain. Read the classic work on the right, SAT words are in bold and defined on the left. The real kicker is that words are repeated throughout the book. After seeing words over ...

Puffin Graphics: Frankenstein (Puffin Graphics (Graphic Novels))

Mary Shelley, Gary Reed

Puffin, 2005

Wow
I am not really into comics, but after picking this one up, I was impressed. Great graphics, especially after I found out it was done by Photoshop, and an easy to understand story. I think it was very well done and I look forward to seeing and reading more graphic ...

Frankenstein (Signet Classics)

Mary Shelley

Signet Classics, 2000

You've seen Karloff, now read the original
Once you read Shelley's classic you're going to scratch your head and wonder: Is this really the book that gave us the Karloff movie? Not to mention Herman Munster and Frankenberry. For over a century and half people have been cannibalizing this book for ideas, movies, ...

Frankenstein (Norton Critical Editions)

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

W. W. Norton, 1995

Gothic at its best
Mary Shelley was the daughter of the famous feminist and author, Mary Wollstonecraft, who is best known for her work The Vindication of the Rights of Women. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a young university student, Victor Frankenstein, obsesses with wanting to know ...

Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Dark Horse, 2008

Few works by comic-book artists have earned the universal acclaim and reverence that Bernie Wrightson's illustrated version of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein was met with upon its original release in 1983. Twenty-five years later, this magnificent pairing of art and literature is still considered to be one of the greatest achievements ...

The Last Man (Oxford World's Classics)

Mary Shelley

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

Death and disease level all men
This novel is a combination of a `roman à clefs' and science fiction, with gothic and autobiographic elements. In her vision of the end of the 21st century, Mary Shelley sees the Greek occupying Istanbul and England as a republic with three political parties ...

Frankenstein (Barnes & Noble Classics)

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Barnes & Noble Classics, 2005

"cursed, cursed creator."
The commentary tries to give depth and meaning to this poorly written story. Victor grew up reading the works of Paracelsus, Agrippa, and Albertus Magnus, the alchemists of the time. Toss in a little natural philosophy (sciences) and you have the making of a ...

Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus - The 1818 Text. Mary Shelley (Oxford World's Classics)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Oxford University Press, 2008

Frankenstein was Mary Shelley's immensely powerful contribution to the ghost stories which she, Percy Shelley, and Byron wrote one wet summer in Switzerland. Its protagonist is a young student of natural philosophy, who learns the secret of imparting life to a creature constructed from relics of the dead, with horrific consequences. Frankenstein ...

Frankenstein (Unabridged Classics)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Sterling, 2007

Mary Shelley?s groundbreaking classic?begun as a ghost story for friends?is a potent blend of science fiction and horror that has inspired countless movie and other adaptations. Nothing, however, equals the depth and beauty of Shelley?s original, which emains as relevant as ever. In his arrogance, Dr. Victor Frankenstein dreams of discovering the ...

Classic Starts: Frankenstein (Classic Starts Series)

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Sterling, 2006

Excellent Book
I am an 8 year old boy who read this book & I finished it in a whole week.The book was told by the letters of Captain Robert Walton. Walton meets Victor Frankenstein who was sooner or later going to marry his adopted sister Elizabeth. Frankenstein goes to university ...

Frankenstein (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism)

Mary Shelley

Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000

A book for all ages...
Frankenstein is a book for all ages. Frankenstein has shown versatility throughout its life. This book has been adapted by its readers to represent all eras. It offers the reader a look not only into the past but also to the near future. With such things as the ...