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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.7
EAN num: 9780195062595
ISBN number: 0195062590
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 446
Printing Date: November 15, 1990
Publishing house: Oxford University Press, USA
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Studio: Oxford University Press, USA
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Renewed interest in the life and works of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley has in recent years generated new biographical studies, complete editions of her letters and short stories, and fresh critical assessments of Frankenstein and her other fiction. Until now, however, there has been no anthology of Shelley's work. The Mary Shelley Reader is a unique new collection that fills this gap. In addition to the original and complete 1818 version of her masterpiece Frankenstein, the book offers a new text of the novella Mathilda--an extraordinary tale of incest, guilt, and atonement that was not published until 1959 and has been out of print since then. Also included are seven short stories that range from gentle satire to fantastic tales of reanimation, diabolical transformation, and immortality. Eight essays and reviews are reprinted here for the very first time since their original publication, and eleven representative letters help bring to life a remarkable literary and historical figure--author, daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, and wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley. An illuminating introduction, a chronology, explanatory notes, and a bibliography make The Mary Shelley Reader indispensable for readers of English Romantic literature.
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Wonderfully put together book! Without going into the usual review of a book I'll give you a perspective of mine on the best ways to enjoy it.
If you're one who enjoys sitting outdoors when a light sprinkle of spring rain falls with your favorite wine beside you, this book (she) is perfect.
If you enjoy taking hot baths when no one else is home and relaxing with a good book, this book will make you hit the hot water tap plenty to warm the water again and again.
If you're stuck between classes with nothing else to do until the subsequent one, reading this book will certainly pass the time and you'll appear all the smarter too. Just don't be late for class.
If you're just in the mood to capture what Mary Shelley's voice might have sounded like while reading, by all means, GET THIS BOOK!
I've said it before, she is and will be my favorite authoress of all time, so I am partial to her. She is both underrated and seldom known for more than Frankenstein, however, The Mary Shelley Reader offers up more. Great value and quality in this one.
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