Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus

The 1818 Text

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Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus (2005, Penguin Books, Limited)

English language

Published Aug. 6, 2005 by Penguin Books, Limited.

ISBN:
9780141883601

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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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Subjects

  • British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • Frankenstein (fictitious character), fiction
  • Fiction, horror
  • Scientists, fiction