Frankenstein;The annotated Frankenstein / Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley edited by Susan J. Wolfson and Ronald L. Levao.

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851.
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.
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Introduction — Texts and authorship — Frankenstein or, The modern Prometheus, 1818. Volume I. Preface/Walton’s letters/Chapters I-VII Volume II. Chapters I-IX Volume III. Chapters I-VII — Frankenstein or, The modern Prometheus, 1831. Editors’ introduction Mary Shelley’s introduction Sample of revised passages — Timelines.
Includes bibliographical references.
A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator, in an annotated edition that offers insights into Shelley’s literary and social worlds.
This annotated edition offers insights into Shelley’s literary and social worlds, and shows how she developed the story of a monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies. The monster develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator. The commentary places her work into a fresh light, deepening the readers’ understanding of the novel and the Romantic Era in which it was created.

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