The New Annotated Frankenstein, 9780871409492
Hardcover
Uncover secrets within Shelley’s gothic masterpiece, lavishly annotated and illustrated.

$113.22

  • Hardcover

    432 pages

  • Release Date

    7 September 2017

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Summary

“Remarkably, a nineteen-year-old, writing her first novel, penned a tale that combines tragedy, morality, social commentary, and a thoughtful examination of the very nature of knowledge,” writes best-selling author Leslie S. Klinger in his foreword to The New Annotated Frankenstein. Despite its undeniable status as one of the most influential works of fiction ever written, Mary Shelley’s novel is often reductively dismissed as the wellspring for tacky monster films or as a c…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780871409492
ISBN-10:0871409496
Author:Mary Shelley, Leslie S. Klinger, Anne K. Mellor, Guillermo del Toro
Publisher:W W Norton & Co Ltd
Imprint:Liveright Publishing Corporation
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:7 September 2017
Weight:1.21kg
Dimensions:262mm x 226mm x 30mm
Series:The Annotated Books
What They're Saying

Critics Review

”… Leslie S. Klinger offers a unique and incisive commentary on one of the great gothic horror novels of all time.” – This is Horror

About The Author

Mary Shelley

Leslie S. Klinger is the multi-award-winning editor and annotator of seven volumes in Liveright’s New Annotated Series as well as the collection The Call of Cthulhu and Other Stories. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

Guillermo del Toro is a director, screenwriter, producer, and novelist.

Anne K. Mellor is a professor of English and women’s studies at UCLA.

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