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1. Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus / by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ; illustrated with original engravings on wood by Lynd Ward by Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851) Shelley | |
Hardcover:
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(1934)
Asin: B000H49FI2 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
2. Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 Shelley | |
Kindle Edition:
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(1993-10-01)
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3. Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 Shelley | |
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(2003-11-01)
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4. Proserpine and Midas by Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 Shelley | |
Kindle Edition:
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(2004-09-01)
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5. The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 Shelley | |
Kindle Edition:
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(2006-04-24)
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Let His Death Crown His Life!
Mary Shelley Fantastic!
Death and disease level all men
The Last Man by MaryShelley (1797-1851)
"The Last Man," the best of Mary Shelley's "other" works Shelley's vision of the future is essentially a reaction against Romanticism and the failure of the movement to solve the problems of the world with art and imagination.This would stand in contrast to earlier English utopian works such as Francis Bacon's "The New Atlantis," which reflected the Age of Reason's belief that science would solve any and all problems.Shelley begins the story as a romance, with Lord Raymond (presumed to be modeled on Lord Byron) winning the hand of the lovely Perdita and being elected Protector.In contrast to the dire predictions of Thomas Malthus regarding unchecked population growth resulting in mass starvation, an ideal world seems to have been created.But then the plague breaks out in Constantinople and starts spreading.This plague is grounded more in fantasy than science, with Shelley clearly relying more on Boccaccio and Defoe, for her pandemic, which is not contagious (an interesting plot choice to be sure). The point of the plague is that it allows Shelley to show the best and the worst of human nature.When the demagogue Ryland abdicates being Lord Protector, the altruistic Adrian takes his place and makes an appeal for brotherhood, even as anarchy runs rampant in the streets and eventually the main characters are forced to flee England, which has strong parallels to the expulsion from Eden.This sets up the idea at the end of the novel that the last survivors might be able to establish an earthly paradise and rebuild the human race after the plague has disappeared.I was rather surprised that Shelley kills off her female characters because I had expectations that this would be more of a feminist work.Of course, this is because I remember who her mother was, but "The Last Man" is clearly concerned more with her late husband. "The Last Man" was probably Mary Shelley's least successful work during her lifetime, but today, which the interest in science fiction, as well as the real world threats of biological warfare and other weapons of mass destruction, this idea of how the world ends is quite pertinent.This is clearly her most important work after "Frankenstein," although obviously we are talking about a significant gap. ... Read more |
6. The ADVENTURES Of ULYSSES. by Charles [1775 - 1834].[Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, nee Godwin.1797 - 1851].[Newton, A. Edward. 1864 - 1940]. Lamb | |
Hardcover:
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(1820)
Asin: B000X8QSUU Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
7. Selected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley | |
Paperback: 448
Pages
(1994-12-01)
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Editorial Review Book Description The letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley reveal a remarkable woman living in a remarkable age. They date from October 1814--shortly after her elopement with Percy Bysshe Shelley--through September 1850, five months before her death. Her correspondents' names are familiar--Shelley himself, Byron, Bulwer-Lytton, Disraeli, General Lafayette, Sir Walter Scott--and the letters abound with anecdotes about such eminent figures as her parents (William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft), Keats, Washington Irving, and Charles and Mary Lamb. Publication of the widely acclaimed, three-volume edition of Mary Shelley's letters was completed in 1988, containing all 1,276 of her known extant letters. Now Betty T. Bennett has selected 230 of those letters to give an overview of Mary Shelley's life as she was seeing it, living it, and recording it. Bennett also includes an introductory essay that sketches a portrait of Mary Shelley, her world, and her place in the history of literature and letters. Customer Reviews (1)
In Depth Study of a Classic Author |
8. The Journals of Mary Shelley | |
Paperback: 792
Pages
(1995-04-01)
list price: US$33.95 Isbn: 0801850886 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Book Description The definitive account of Mary Shelley's life from her own pen is now available in a single softcover volume. Here we see even more vividly than in her letters her sympathetic identification with nature and her struggles with--and ultimate surrender to--the lifelong depression that followed her husband's death. Supplementing the text are extensive annotations, a chronology, a thorough index, maps of the Shelleys' travels, portraits of acquaintances, appendices giving biographical accounts of the members of Mary Shelley's social circles in Pisa and London, the Shelleys' reading lists, and a bibliography. |
9. Transformation (Hesperus Classics) by Mary Shelley | |
Paperback: 96
Pages
(2004-07-01)
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"An Uncovered Classic"
Three stories that fascinated me |
10. Mary Shelley by Miranda Seymour | |
Hardcover: 655
Pages
(2001-09)
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A radical generation
A thorough, well-researched biography Biographies of romantic-era writers can be very difficult, especially if the writer happens to be a woman. If Victorian-era leaders and historians didn't attempt to wipe out the writer's existence altogether, they at least attempted to wipe out parts of them that were not representative of Victorian, ie ultra-conservative, values.
Difficult to follow
Extremely boring presentation of an interesting life...
A fan |
11. Critical Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Critical Essays on British Literature) | |
Hardcover: 252
Pages
(1998-01)
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12. Frankestein (Clasicos Para La Juventud / Youth Classics) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley | |
Hardcover: 128
Pages
(2005-10)
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13. The Cambridge Companion to Mary Shelley (Cambridge Companions to Literature) | |
Hardcover: 314
Pages
(2003-12-22)
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14. The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: "Treading in unknown paths" (The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) | |
Hardcover: 416
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(1983-08-01)
list price: US$65.00 Isbn: 0801826454 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
15. The Novels and Selected Works of Mary Shelley (8 Vol Set) (Pickering Masters) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley | |
Hardcover: 8
Pages
(1996-05)
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16. Frankenstein: Mary Shelley's Wedding Guest (Twayne's Masterwork Studies) by Mary Lowe-Evans | |
Hardcover: 98
Pages
(1993-07)
list price: US$29.00 Isbn: 0805783768 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
17. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: A Sourcebook (Routledge Literary Sourcebooks) by Timothy Morton | |
Hardcover: 200
Pages
(2002-09-20)
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Great Shelley Resource for Students and Faculty |
18. The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: "A part of the Elect" (The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) | |
Hardcover: 640
Pages
(1980-03-01)
list price: US$60.00 Isbn: 0801822750 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
19. The Other Mary Shelley: Beyond Frankenstein | |
Hardcover: 312
Pages
(1993-07-08)
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20. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: An Introduction by Betty T. Bennett | |
Paperback: 200
Pages
(1998-10-13)
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Editorial Review Book Description "Recognition of Mary Shelley's systemic dual focus on public and domestic power as the means to interrogate traditional norms and propose alternatives materially alters parochial perceptions of her objectives and her achievements. Her novels, outside of Frankenstein, and recently, The Last Man, have been dismissed as simple, mutual dissociated "romances" or experiments in genre solely to intersect with a market niche; they are neither. Rather, they and all of Mary Shelley's major works voice a cosmopolitan, socio-political reformist ideology that evolved as their author's acute awareness of world events enabled her to calibrate her literary voice to deal with unfolding rather than past societal issues. Her multidisciplinary fusion of literature, political philosophy, and history calls for a commensurate multidisciplinary reading in order to understand the complexities of both the author and her works." -- Betty T. Bennett In this book, Betty T. Bennett offers an extensively expanded version of the introduction she wrote for Pickering and Chatto's eight volume set, The Novels and Selected Works of Mary Shelley. Along with her insightful retelling of Mary Shelley's eventful life story, Bennett gives us a fresh reading of Frankenstein in the context of its author's full career. She also discusses a variety of Mary Shelley's lesser known works, including Matilda, Valperga, The Last Man, Perkin Warbeck, Lodore, Falkner, and her travel books. The result is a compelling portrait of Mary Shelley as she saw herself -- an inventive, irreverent writer whose desire for political and social reform was at the heart of her literary expression for three decades. |
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