Delphi Complete Works of Mary Shelley (Illustrated‪)‬

The Romantic novelist Mary Shelley was the author of ‘Frankenstein’, a seminal work of Gothic horror, which is also considered to be one of the first science-fiction novels. Its subsequent influence on literature and popular culture cannot be overstated. Frankenstein’s man-made monster inspired numerous horror films and continues to be revisited in film, theatre, television and literary adaptations today. Recent scholarship has shown increasing interest in Shelley’s diverse works, particularly in her historical novels ‘Valperga’ and ‘Perkin Warbeck’, the apocalyptic novel ‘The Last Man’ and her learned biographical articles for Dionysius Lardner’s ‘Cabinet Cyclopaedia’. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents the complete works of Mary Shelley, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Shelley’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* ALL 7 novels, with individual contents tables
* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original gothic works
* Includes both the original 1818 version of FRANKENSTEIN and the revised 1831 version
* Special bonus text of Peake’s famous play adaptation of FRANKENSTEIN, giving a flavour of the novel’s immediate popularity
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read
* Features rare short stories and poems appearing here for the first time in digital print
* The complete travel books appear here for the first time in digital publishing
* Features four biographies – discover Shelley’s literary life
* Shelley’s complete biographical studies of French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese authors
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
* UPDATED with revised texts, Shelley’s complete biographical articles for Dionysius Lardner’s ‘Cabinet Cyclopaedia’ and two more biographies

CONTENTS:

The Novels
Frankenstein, 1818 version
Frankenstein, 1831 version
Mathilda (1820)
Valperga (1823)
The Last Man (1826)
The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck (1830)
Lodore (1835)
Falkner (1837)

The Shorter Fiction
The Short Stories of Mary Shelley

The Verse Dramas
Proserpine (1832)
Midas (1832)

The Poems
The Poetry of Mary Shelley

The Travel Writing
History of a Six Weeks’ Tour through a Part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland (1817)
Rambles in Germany and Italy, in 1840, 1842 and 1843 (1844)

The Non-Fiction
On Ghosts (1824)
Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of Italy, Spain and Portugal (1835)
Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of France (1838)
Notes to ‘The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley’ (1839)

An Adaptation
Presumption; Or, the Fate of Frankenstein (1823) by Richard Brinsley Peake

The Biographies
Mary W. Godwin Shelley (1876) by Sara A. Underwood
The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1889) by Florence A. Thomas Marshall
Mrs. Shelley (1890) by Lucy M. Rossetti
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1900) by Richard Garnett