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Victor Frankenstein builds a living creature from dead matter, abandons it the night it opens its eyes, and the creature comes looking for him. Our own Project Aldus edition of the 1831 text, with Mary Shelley's Introduction and the 1818 Preface.

Mary Shelley

A plague spreads across the world in the late 21st century, and Lionel Verney watches humanity disappear one city at a time. One of the first apocalyptic novels ever written, and the book Shelley considered her most personal.

Mary Shelley

A short novel about a young woman who tells, from her deathbed, how her father's forbidden love destroyed both their lives. Written in 1819 and left unpublished for more than a century, it is Shelley's darkest and most intimate work.

Mary Shelley

Historical romance about the young man who claimed to be Richard, Duke of York, one of the princes lost in the Tower, and fought to win back the English crown. Shelley takes his side and turns the Wars of the Roses into a story of loyalty and loss.

Mary Shelley

Lord Lodore flees to America with his daughter Ethel after a scandal, and the story follows her and his estranged wife as they rebuild their lives in London. A novel about family, money and women's independence.

Mary Shelley