The Essential Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Essential Frankenstein (original 1993; edition 2004)

by Mary Shelley, Leonard Wolf (Editor)

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Title:	The Essential Frankenstein
Authors:	Mary Shelley
Other authors:	Leonard Wolf (Editor)
Info:	I Books (2004), Paperback, 368 pages
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The Essential Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1993)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Mary Shelley	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Wolf, Leonard	Editor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Previously published in substantially different form as The Annotated Frankenstein (1977)

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0452269687, Paperback)

Horror expert Wolf's sublime edition of this literary masterpiece features in-depth and extensive notes on all the novel's most interesting aspects, plus biographical information revealing how Mary Shelley's turbulent personal life influenced her work. Beautifully illustrated with original line drawings.

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The complete original text of Mary Shelley's classic horror novel is accompanied by an introductory essay, contemporary reviews, modern commentary, and hundreds of facts, illustrations, a selected filmography, and more.

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