Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus

Overview:

  • Title: Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus
  • Author: Mary W. Shelly
  • Year: 1833
  • Publisher: Carey, Lea and Blanchard
  • Pages: 201+197
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus
  • Notes:
    • 2 volumes.
    • Title page credits the author as "Mary W. Shelly" [sic].
    • L.W. Currey gives the detailed page count as: "pp. [1-2] i-x [11] 12-201 [202-204: blank]; [1-5] 6-197 [198-200: blank] + 4 pages of ads inserted at front of volume one and [24]-page publisher's catalogue inserted at rear of volume two." Another book dealer reports 23 pages of ads + 1 blank at the end of volume 2, which may be a variant of Currey's copy.
    • The text of this edition follows that of the 1818 UK first edition; apparently a pirated edition.
    • Data from L. W. Currey and OCLC