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Frankenstein
The Floating Press 2008; US$ 5.95Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus , was completed by Mary Shelley at the age of 19. She infused this original novel with Gothic and Romantic elements. Scientist Victor Frankenstein creates a large and powerful creature in the likeness of man, but is disgusted by his own creation and he abandons the being to fend for itself. Spawning generations... more...
The Last Man
The Floating Press 2009; US$ 3.99Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, wrote the apocalyptic novel The Last Man in 1826. Its first person narrative tells the story of our world standing at the end of the twenty-first century and - after the devastating effects of a plague - at the end of humanity. In the book Shelley writes of weaving this story from a discovery of prophetic writings... more...
Mathilda
The Floating Press 2010; US$ 3.99Mathilda is narrated from the title character's death bed. She recounts her relationship with her father, who had an incestuous love for her, and his suicide by drowning. Her relationship with a gifted young poet was unable to prevent her emotional withdrawal after her father's death, or the lonely fact of her own dying. Shelley wrote Mathilda... more...
Notes to the Complete Poetical Work of Percy Bysshe Shelley
The Floating Press 2010; US$ 3.99A remarkable writer and intellectual in her own right, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley first encountered the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley when she was only a teenager. After fathering three of her children, Shelley drowned during a storm. In this volume of essays and annotations, Mary Shelley provides unique insight into Shelley's body of poetic work. more...
Frankenstein; Or the Modern Prometheus
NuVision Publications, LLC 2004; US$ 3.49This is the classic gothic tale of Dr. Frankenstein and his experiment. The corpse is composed of many different body parts brought to life by this experiment. The difficulty and hardship from the misunderstanding between the monster and the villagers that already mistrust the mad Dr. Frankenstein. Who knew that this amazing tale that has stood the... more...
Proserpine and Midas
ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 4.99First published in 1923, Proserpine and Midas is a compilation of two important verse dramas by Mary Shelley. They are based on ancient myths about the Roman god Proserpine and the legendary Greek character who was given the power of alchemy. Readers will enjoy this sampling of dramatic poetry by the author of Frankenstein. more...
Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley
ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 4.99Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe (1839) is a remarkable collection by the romantic poet, Shelley, who wrote more than a thousand pages of poetry over his career. It presents the origin and history of each of his writings as well as the intricacies of the poetry that has kept him alive on the modern literary scene. Mary Shelley edited... more...
An Anthology
ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 4.99An Anthology is a compilation of several stories by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. The collection includes The Heir of Mondolfo, The Invisible Girl, and Maurice, Or, The Fisher's Cot. The stories all revolve around a love that has the power to overcome all evils and transform men deeply. Shelley describes life at sea as perfectly as life on land.... more...
Frankenstein
ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 3.99Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) explores the consequences of our lust for power. But it is also the story of how the different and the deviant are excluded from human society. Frankenstein's ''Creature'' is arguably the least monstrous character in t more...









