Frankenstein: A Timeless Tale of Horror and Suspense

Frankenstein is one of the most well-known horror novels of all time. Written by Mary Shelley, it tells the story of a scientist who creates a monster from body parts of various corpses. The novel is full of suspense and horror and has been adapted into numerous movies over the years. Frankenstein is a timeless tale that will continue to be enjoyed by readers for many years to come. Mary Shelley is one of the most important authors in the horror genre, and her novel Frankenstein is a classic that should not be missed. If you're looking for a suspenseful and horrifying read, then look no further than Frankenstein.

Frankenstein was published on January 11, 1818, and received mixed reviews. Mary Shelley's first novel was praised by some reviewers and panned by others. Many critics noted the novel's Gothic elements, but some found them excessive. Despite the mixed reviews, Frankenstein quickly became a bestseller. Today, it is considered one of the most important works of horror fiction ever written. Mary Shelley's timeless tale of horror and suspense continues to captivate readers more than 200 years after its publication.

About Mary Shelley

Author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) is most known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. She was also a short story writer and playwright as well as an essayist and biographer (1818). Her husband, Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley was also edited and pushed by her. She was born to William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, two of the most influential political thinkers of the 19th century.

When Mary Godwin was eleven days old, her mother died, and her father took care of her and her elder half-sister, Fanny Imlay. Godwin married Mary Jane Clairmont, his next-door neighbor when she was four years old. Godwin gave his daughter a liberal education, even though it was informal, and he encouraged her to follow in his footsteps. Percy Bysshe Shelley, a married political supporter of Mary Godwin's father, began a sexual involvement with her in 1814. On their return to England after a trip to France with Claire Clairmont, Mary learned she was pregnant with Percy's child. She and Percy had to deal with ostracism, persistent debt, and the loss of their prematurely born daughter throughout the following two years of their marriage. After the death of Percy Shelley's first wife, Harriet, they married in late 1816.

When Mary Shelley and her husband, Lord Byron, had a vacation in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1816, where she wrote her first novel, Frankenstein. Mary Shelley gave birth to Percy Florence Shelley, her last and only surviving child before the couple left Britain in 1818 for Italy, where their second and third children perished. During a storm off the coast of Viareggio in 1822, her husband and his crew perished in the water. Mary Shelley returned to England a year later and concentrated on raising her son and becoming a successful novelist. The last ten years of her life were plagued by disease, most likely due to the brain tumor that killed her at 53.

About this new annotated edition:

Frankenstein is the story of a scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Driven by his unbridled ambition and radical thinking, Victor Frankenstein gives life to a being that should not exist – a monster. Fuelled by terror and sorrow, the monster wanders through the world seeking revenge on his creator for abandoning him. As the years pass, Frankenstein realizes the true horror of what he has done, and races against time to fix his mistake before it’s too late. This intense and gripping novel is one of the earliest science fiction stories ever written and is still widely read today. With an introduction to Gothic fiction tropes, this edition is perfect for fans of the genre.