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From the author of Frankenstein comes this apocalyptic tale of a world devastated by plague. Mary Shelley's 1826 roman à clef takes place in the late 21st century, as England's last king abdicates and a charmed circle of idealistic political reformers plunges into a maelstrom of war, pestilence, and anarchy.

 Shelley wrote this gripping novel after the untimely deaths of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and their comrade, Lord Byron. She modeled a pair of characters on the charismatic poets and based the narrator — the sole survivor of a pandemic — on her own persona. This parable of humanity's destruction by plague is widely regarded as a repudiation of Romanticism and its failure to solve the world's problems through art and philosophy. It reflects the ways utopian ideals, unchecked by moral and ethical standards, can shatter society.

 Misunderstood by19th-century readers, Shelley's visionary novel disappeared for over a century, only to reemerge to critical acclaim as a precursor of science fiction and a forerunner of modern apocalyptic tales. Novelist Muriel Spark hailed it as the harbinger of "an entirely new genre, compounded of the domestic romance, the Gothic extravaganza, and the sociological novel," and pronounced it Shelley's "most interesting, if not her consummate work."
Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein AI: Volume I

Frankenstein AI: Volume I

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein AI: Volume III

Frankenstein AI: Volume III

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein AI: Volume II

Frankenstein AI: Volume II

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein (Deluxe Edition)

Frankenstein (Deluxe Edition)

Mary Shelley

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The Tales of Villa Diodati

The Tales of Villa Diodati

Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Polidori, George Gordon, Lord Byron

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Frankenstein, o el moderno Prometeo

Frankenstein, o el moderno Prometeo

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein, o el moderno Prometeo - Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus

Frankenstein, o el moderno Prometeo - Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus

Mary Shelley

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The Last Man

The Last Man

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein (Pretty Books - Painted Editions)

Frankenstein (Pretty Books - Painted Editions)

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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History of a Six Weeks' Tour

History of a Six Weeks' Tour

Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley

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History of a Six Weeks' Tour

History of a Six Weeks' Tour

Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Proserpine and Midas

Proserpine and Midas

Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Proserpine and Midas

Proserpine and Midas

Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley

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The Last Man

The Last Man

Mary Shelley

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Tales and Stories

Tales and Stories

Mary Shelley

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Tales and Stories

Tales and Stories

Mary Shelley

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Mathilda

Mathilda

Mary Shelley

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The Novels of Mary Shelley

The Novels of Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein (Annotated Keynote Classics)

Frankenstein (Annotated Keynote Classics)

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein von Mary Shelley. Königs Erläuterungen.

Frankenstein von Mary Shelley. Königs Erläuterungen.

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein von Mary Shelley. Königs Erläuterungen.

Frankenstein von Mary Shelley. Königs Erläuterungen.

Mary Shelley

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Ghostly Tales from the Lost Summer of 1816 - Frankenstein, The Vampyre & Other Stories from the Villa Diodati

Ghostly Tales from the Lost Summer of 1816 - Frankenstein, The Vampyre & Other Stories from the Villa Diodati

Mary Shelley, John William Polidori, Lord Byron

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley, Anna Meriano

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The Last Man

The Last Man

Mary Shelley

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The Last Man

The Last Man

Mary Shelley

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The Complete Works of Mary Shelley

The Complete Works of Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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The Collins

The Collins

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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The Last Man

The Last Man

Mary Shelley

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The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck

The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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The last Man

The last Man

Mary Shelley

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Mary Shelley Horror Stories

Mary Shelley Horror Stories

Mary Shelley

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Valperga

Valperga

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Classics Reimagined, Frankenstein

Classics Reimagined, Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Five Gothic Masterpieces

Five Gothic Masterpieces

Ann Radcliffe, Arthur Machen, Mary Shelley, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein (Diversion Classics)

Frankenstein (Diversion Classics)

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein oder Der moderne Prometheus

Frankenstein oder Der moderne Prometheus

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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A Dark and Stormy Night

A Dark and Stormy Night

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein (with an Introduction by Sir Walter Scott)

Frankenstein (with an Introduction by Sir Walter Scott)

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein (with an Introduction by Sir Walter Scott)

Frankenstein (with an Introduction by Sir Walter Scott)

Mary Shelley

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The Penny Dreadfuls

The Penny Dreadfuls

Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, Oscar Wilde

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The Penny Dreadfuls

The Penny Dreadfuls

Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, Oscar Wilde

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The Penny Dreadfuls

The Penny Dreadfuls

Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, Oscar Wilde

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The Last Man

The Last Man

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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The Last Man

The Last Man

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Mary Shelley: The Ultimate Collection (All 7 Novels including Frankenstein, Short Stories, Bonus Audiobook Links & More)

Mary Shelley: The Ultimate Collection (All 7 Novels including Frankenstein, Short Stories, Bonus Audiobook Links & More)

Mary Shelley, Digital Papyrus

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Frankenstein SparkNotes Literature Guide

Frankenstein SparkNotes Literature Guide

SparkNotes, Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein SparkNotes Literature Guide

Frankenstein SparkNotes Literature Guide

SparkNotes, Mary Shelley

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Mathilda

Mathilda

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein - Start Publishing

Frankenstein - Start Publishing

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein - Start Publishing

Frankenstein - Start Publishing

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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The Last Man

The Last Man

Mary Shelley

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The Last Man

The Last Man

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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