Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus
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Overview:
- Title: Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus
- Author: Mary W. Shelley
- Year: 1931
- Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
- Pages: xiv+240
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus
- Notes:
- Photoplay edition from the Universal Pictures movie directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff as the monster. Includes 6 full-page photos and one photo across a 2-page spread of Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory.
- The cover painting portrays Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster and Mae Clark, as Elizabeth Frankenstein, in a swoon. (This may be the scene where the monster strangles Elizabeth.)
- Title page credits the author as "Mary W. Shelley", as does the cover and spine. The front DJ flap calls her "Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley".
- No publication date, or copyright date, listed. Date from WorldCat and from Heritage Auctions. Issued to coincide with the movie.