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The Mary Shelley reader.

By: Shelley, Mary WollstonecraftMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York ,Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1990Description: xx,420pISBN: 0195062590; 9780195062595Summary: In addition to the original and complete 1818 version of her masterpiece "Frankenstein," the book offers a new text of Mary Shelley's 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 of Mary Shelley's Short stories that range from gentle satire to fantastic tales of reanimation, diabolical transformation, and immortality. Eight of her essays and reviews are reprinted here for the first time since their original publication, and eleven representative letters help bring to life a remarkable literary and historical figure.

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Book	Paul Hamlyn Library	Paul Hamlyn Library	Floor 3	823.7 SHE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0659543X
Book	Ruskin College Library	Ruskin College Library		820.7 SHE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		R19092A0085

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In addition to the original and complete 1818 version of her masterpiece "Frankenstein," the book offers a new text of Mary Shelley's 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 of Mary Shelley's Short stories that range from gentle satire to fantastic tales of reanimation, diabolical transformation, and immortality. Eight of her essays and reviews are reprinted here for the first time since their original publication, and eleven representative letters help bring to life a remarkable literary and historical figure.

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