The Mary Shelley reader : containing Frankenstein, Mathilda, tales and stories, essays and reviews, and letters

Author(s)

• Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
• Bennett, Betty T.
• Robinson, Charles E.

Bibliographic Information

The Mary Shelley reader : containing Frankenstein, Mathilda, tales and stories, essays and reviews, and letters

edited by Betty T. Bennett, Charles E. Robinson

Oxford University Press, 1990

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 417-420

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is a unique selection of the works of Mary Shelley, adding to Frankenstein some of her other works which have not been readily available. The volume includes the novella Mathilda, (an extraordinary story of incest, guilt, and responsibility), selections from her short stories, essays, reviews, letters, and poems, plus a selected bibliography.

Table of Contents

• "I found both the introduction and the first version to be extremely useful and updated."--Juan J. Zaro, University De Malaga "An excellent edition in all aspects
• especially as it encourages and enables students to read Beyond Frankenstein."--A.J. Moody, University of York "The book is of very good value and well presented."--M.A. Lomax, ST. Mary's College, Strawberry Hill

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA1121516X
• ISBN:
  • 0195062582
  • 0195062590
• LCCN: 89026584
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York ; Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 420 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR5397
  • DC20 : 823/.7
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Frankenstein (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 -- Corespondence
  • LCSH : Authors, English -- 19th century -- Correspondence