Tras dos siglos de creado, regresa el monstruo de Frankenstein a contarnos su verdadera historia, tantas veces tergiversada en adaptaciones cinematográficas y víctima de disímiles interpretaciones. Concebido...

"Cuanto más los veía, mayores deseos tenía de ganarme su simpatía y protección, de que estas amables criaturas me conocieran y quisiesen; que sus dulces miradas se detuvieran en mí con afecto se había...

A la edad de 16 años, la joven Mary Shelley se fugó con su amante, el poeta Percy Shelley, en un viaje por Europa, lo que supuso un escándalo para la sociedad inglesa de la época. Su travesía los llevó,...

St. Petersburgh, Dec. 11th, 17— TO Mrs. Saville, England You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings....

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque but sapient creature in...

This illustrated edition of "Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus" includes: Illustrations of objects and places mentioned in the novel. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written...

"Com més els veia, majors desitjos tenia de guanyar-me la seva simpatia i protecció, que aquestes amables criatures em coneguessin i m'estimessin; que les seves dolces mirades s'aturessin en mi amb afecte...

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous, sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Frankenstein;...

In 'Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley', Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley offers a comprehensive analysis of her husband's poems, exploring the themes of nature, romanticism, and...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's 'Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus' is a classic Gothic novel that explores themes of creation, ambition, and the dangers of playing god. Written in a compelling and...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's 'Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus' is a groundbreaking piece of literature that explores themes of ambition, morality, and the consequences of playing god. Written...

Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of...

I AM the native of a sea-surrounded nook, a cloud-enshadowed land, which, when the surface of the globe, with its shoreless ocean and trackless continents, presents itself to my mind, appears only as...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's iconic novel, 'Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus,' explores themes of ambition, creation, and the consequences of playing god. Written in a Gothic literary style, Shelley's...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's novel 'The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck' tells the tale of a pretender to the English throne during the tumultuous years of the War of the Roses. Written in Shelley's trademark...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's 'The Heir of Mondolfo' is a captivating novel that explores themes of inheritance, power struggles, and the complexities of human relationships. Written in the gothic literary...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's 'Tales and Stories' is a collection of short narratives that showcase her unique literary style, blending elements of Gothic fiction with philosophical exploration. Each...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's 'History of a Six Weeks' Tour' is a captivating travelogue that provides a detailed account of her journey through France, Switzerland, and the Rhine. Written in a descriptive...

Nothing can be more unpresuming than this little volume. It contains the account of some desultory visits by a party of young people to scenes which are now so familiar to our countrymen, that few facts...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's 'Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley' is a comprehensive collection of annotations, insights, and observations on the renowned Romantic poet's body...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's novel, 'The Last Man', is a masterpiece of early science fiction that tells the story of a global pandemic that wipes out most of humanity, leaving one man to wander the...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's 'Proserpine and Midas' is a captivating collection of two mythological retellings that showcases Shelley's adeptness at blending classical themes with her innovative storytelling....

Told as a story within a story, "Ferdinando Eboli" is set in Naples, Italy. The unnamed narrator describes himself as living in a peaceful era void of all thrilling wars such as the Napoleonic wars. The...

This highly imaginative work of Mary Shelley's twenty-sixth year contains some of the author's most powerful ideas ; but is marred in the commencement by some of her most stilted writing. The account...

The Dream is a short story by Mary Shelley and deals with a prophetic dream. Constance is in love with Gaspar, who fought on the other side of the French civil war. Since this side has killed her father...

History A Of Six Weeks' Tour through a part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland; with Letters Descriptive of a Sail Round the Lake of Geneva and of the Glaciers of Chamouni is a travel narrative,...

A gothic short story about a girl, whose portrait was found in an old, ruined tower. An old lady narrates then the story of Rosina, an orphan, who was thrown out of the house when Sir Peter discovered,...

Falkner, published in 1837, is the last novel by Mary Shelley;and as we see from her letter she had been passing through a period of ill-health and depression while writing it, this may account for less...

The Pole is a short story, that was written in close cooperation with Claire Clairmont.

"The Evil Eye" was published in January of 1829 by Mary Shelley for The Keepsake. The story is set in Albania and takes on a much different feel to the other short stories that Shelley published. The...