Author(s): Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Classic Fiction

This extensively revised Norton Critical Edition includes material that conveys the enduring global conversation about Frankenstein. The text of the 1818 first edition is accompanied by a new preface, explanatory annotations and three supporting sections. Among the new inclusions are studies on the novel's reception and on its film adaptations. "Criticism" collects sixteen interpretations of Frankenstein. A chronology and bibliography are also included.