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Mary Wollstonecraft is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Elizabeth Robins Pennell is in the English language. If you enjoy the works of Elizabeth Robins Pennell then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. ... Read more

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Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley; Mathilda and Proserpine and Midas ... Read more

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Publisher: Amsterdam, H. J. ParisPublication date: 1922Subjects: Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797Women's rightsWomen -- Social and moral questionsNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This book combines a biographical treatment of Mary Wollstonecraft with an analysis of the growth of her feminist thought, and a critical look at her writings. It surveys the social reception of her ideas, both during her lifetime and subsequent to her death. The author argues that the unfinished novel "Maria; or the Wrongs of Woman" is more developed and more radical in its feminism than the earlier but better known "Vindication of the Rights of Woman" and better represents her mature thought. The novel raises questions of sexuality, gender and class. ... Read more

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Authentic story without the charm
This version of Frankenstein, Classic Starts: Frankenstein, presents the reader with the original story, taking some liberties because of the targeted reading audience. (For example, the monster kills little WIlliam.In this version it is portrayed as an accident because the monster tried to keep William quiet, while in the original, the monster grabbed William by the throat.)Although the original version is difficult to read because of the dense style of writing, this version lacks the romantic charm of the original text.It does, however, allow the younger reader or poorer reader to access the story and learn the true story of Frankenstein, not the Hollywood movie version.

A modern retelling of the classic that retains the power of the original
In my opinion, the classics should be read in their original form. However, if that is not possible, then, as long as they are done right, reading an adaptation is acceptable. This retelling of the classic tale by Shelley captures the terror of science gone wrong, the primary message of the original story. It would be an effective literary counterweight if it were to be read either before or after the movie was shown in class.
This is not the original story; it has been rewritten to appeal to modern young readers while retaining all the original structure of the original. Sterling publishing has successfully accomplished that goal, and they are to be commended for that.

pce student review
Frankenstein was a great book.My favorite scene was when the creator was in his lab and Frankenstein was saying (if you don't finish Mrs. Frankenstein I will harm you and your family.)My favorite character was the creator because he was mysterious and crazy and didn't know what to do or say.From what I read I think the moral of the story was be careful what you create.

I love this book because it was different and unusual.Also because it's a mystery and those books get into your head; like everything in the book is happening in real life, and the tension rises in your stomach.This book is good for ages 10 and up.This is one of those books that you should read before you die.

Excellent Book
I am an 8 year old boy who read this book & I finished it in a whole week.The book was told by the letters of Captain Robert Walton. Walton meets Victor Frankenstein who was sooner or later going to marry his adopted sister Elizabeth. Frankenstein goes to university and learns about science. He wants to make a man for his project. After it came to life Frankenstein was afraid of it. He thinks it is a monster. In a couple of months his best friend, Henry joins the university. Frankenstein was worried that Henry would be afraid of the monster and not like Victor anymore. Soon,Frankenstein receives a letter saying his brother William was dead. Frankenstein soon goes back home. Elizabeth's friend, Justine went to prison because everyone thought she did it except for Victor & Elizabeth. Victor finds the monster in the exact spot he killed William. The monster tells about his life and also tells him he wanted a wife. Frankenstein got married to Elizabeth. Soon,the monster kills Elizabeth because he didn't make his wife. Soon he goes on trial for finding out who killed his dear friend,Henry. Frankenstein went to prison guilty,but the judge knew it was not him. His father also comes to visit him. Soon he comes out of jail. He sees Captain Robert Walton again
and he dies.

Classic Starts is a nice way for children to experience classic stories.

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This work is a detailed historical and critical analysis of Wollstonecraft's unique work, based upon her own text and not upon the imperfect versions that are the result of time. ... Read more

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First Feminist
This was required reading for a graduate course in the Humanities.Wollstonecraft is not easy to read however, she makes a compelling argument.Mary Wollstonecraft viewed the institution of marriage simply as legal prostitution.She believed this to be the case for several reasons.First, the marriage laws in Britain at the time gave men legal rights over their wives including their property.The law also gave men custody of their children in event of divorce, and a woman could not even obtain a divorce without their husband's consent.For women divorce meant having to leave everything of importance in their lives behind.Thus, Wollstonecraft observed that Britain's laws left women in the unenviable position of being treated as mere chattel by their husbands.Second, Wollstonecraft argued that women's downtrodden position in society was not the cause of religious or moral teachings.She was emphatic in her assessment that it was women's denial of the same educational opportunities that men received that made them seem weak and inferior to men.Finally, she believed marriage only chained women to a life of drudgery in the home.

Armed with this information, Wollstonecraft set out to propose in her book A Vindication of the Rights of Women the idea, that equal education for women was the only remedy for this grave injustice perpetrated against them, and education for women would actually strengthen the institution of marriage.She made several prescient arguments to support this idea.First, Wollstonecraft believed schoolchildren needed the contact and interaction with other schoolchildren to develop properly.So, she argued against Britain's system of elitist education, especially its private schools and boarding schools.She advocated for the creation of national public schools, funded by the state, and attended by children from the entire socio-economic strata.Second, she thought it was imperative that both boys and girls must be educated together.The reason Wollstonecraft believed in coeducation, was that when both boys and girls get to know one another from an early age they would in turn, build friendships, and learn to respect one another.Therefore, when women get married, they will be able to serve as companions to their husbands and not just as trophy wives or sexual objects."Nay, marriage will never be held sacred till women, by being brought up with men, are prepared to be their companions rather than their mistresses."Third, Wollstonecraft asked the question, how society could expect mothers to rear healthy boys capable of functioning as confident and productive men in society if their mothers, who raised them, were uneducated.She was horrified to think of the damage already done to children by uneducated, weak-minded mothers.Wollstonecraft articulates in beautiful fashion her argument for the need to educate women in the following quote."If marriage be the cement of society, mankind should all be educated after the same model, or the intercourse of the sexes will never deserve the name of fellowship, nor will women ever fulfill the peculiar duties of their sex."This argument only enhances women's roles as wives and mothers.Finally, Wollstonecraft argued that the implementation of her educational reforms would prove to be a key element leading to the improvement of the institution of marriage in particular, and for family life in general."Contending for the rights of women, my main argument is built on this simple principle, that if she be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the progress of knowledge and virtue."

Recommended reading for anyone interested in history, psychology, philosophy, and feminism.

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1906Original Publisher: H. FrowdeSubjects: Biography ... Read more

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"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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The rights of Woman
One of the most beautiful essays on the rights of Man was written by Mary. Vindication of the Rights of Woman. It is included here! Read it and learn!

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An innovative, beautifully written analysis of Mary Shelley's life and works which draws on unpublished archival material as well as Frankenstein and examines her relationship with her husband and other key personalities. ... Read more

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Wonderful Piece of Literary Criticism
This book captures every aspect of Mary Shelley's life that evolved into her fictive imagination. The readers are introduced to much less popular works such as The Last Man, Lodore and Mathilda which actually give a unique perspective to Frankenstein. For myself there were some places I felt I was given too many examples, I had already figured out Mellor's point several paragraphs before, but the book makes every possible attempt to explain the novels so that everyone understands.

Excellent resource on Mary Shelley and Frankenstein
This book is an excellent text for the study of Mary Shelley and Frankenstein.It will fascinate those interested in the life of Mary Shelley, students studying Frankenstein, and those interested in learning about an 19th Century woman writer, who wrote a novel about a monster that has since become a universal archetype of isolation and societal rejection.In this text, it is demonstrated how events in Mary Shelley's life, her fears of motherhood, and her study of current philosophic and scientific theories all contributed to the development of the novel.Mary Shelley is proven to be an intelligent and complex woman writer of the Romantic Literary tradition ... Read more

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Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) published A Vindication of the Rights of Men anonymously in 1790. The pamphlet sold out within three weeks to great acclaim, though later editions published under her own name met with notable opprobrium. It was the first of many printed responses to Edmund Burke's conservative attacks on the French Revolution, and it marked Wollstonecraft's entry into the intellectual arena of the late eighteenth century. She attacked hereditary privilege and political conservatism, arguing for codified civil rights and political liberty. She also highlighted Burke's gendered language and criticised his silence on the plight of women. Wollstonecraft has inspired reverence and revulsion alike, for both her work and her lifestyle. Her prescience and nonconformity, however, have secured her position in the canon of distinguished eighteenth-century political thinkers. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=wollma ... Read more

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The books in this series provide lower ability pupils and pupils with special educational needs access to the true texts of classic novels, combining abridged text from the original stories with storyboard layouts and illustrations. Each page is annotated for easy access and "think" boxes encourage pupils to discuss and address key points as they read. This text is the pupil's book for "Frankenstein" and contains just the novel, so that students will be able to get a feel for the whole text, and teachers will be able to use the books as they wish without being limited by prescribed activities. ... Read more

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A dog named Wishbone retells the classic horror tale of brilliant young scientist Victor Frankenstein, who discovers the secret to bringing a creature to life, only to create a horrifying beast. ... Read more

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This is a good book
I liked this book a lot.I liked that there are pictures and there are definishions for words that you may not know.There are also parts where wishbone tells you about things.He tells you about places and interesting facts that go along with the book.The scientist that makes the monsterhas to go and find it because it is killing people. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Author of six novels, five volumes of biographical lives, two travel books, and numerous short stories, essays, and reviews, Mary Shelley is largely remembered as the author of Frankenstein, as the wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley, and as the daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. This collection of essays, edited by Betty T. Bennett and Stuart Curran, offers a more complete and complex picture of Mary Shelley, emphasizing the full range and significance of her writings in terms of her own era and ours. Mary Shelley in Her Times brings fresh insight to the life and work of an often neglected or misunderstood writer who, the editors remind us, spent nearly three decades at the center of England's literary world during the country's profound transition between the Romantic and Victorian eras.

The essays in this volume demonstrate the importance of Mary Shelley's neglected novels, including Matilda, Valperga, The Last Man, and Falkner. Other topics include Mary Shelley's work in various literary genres, her editing of her husband's poetry and prose, her politics, and her trajectory as a female writer. This volume advances Mary Shelley studies to a new level of discourse and raises important issues for English Romanticism and women's studies.

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A Serious, Scholarly Study
Dr. Blakmore's analysis of these political writings is very insightful.He uncovers the intertextual conflicts, in particular between Burke and Wollstonecraft, and provides an indepth literary analysis of both.Hisdiction is sofisticated, yet approachable to an average student of 18thCent. Literature.A must read for anyone interested in the politicalphilosophy of the Age of Englightment. ... Read more