MARY SHELLEY Premium Collection: Novels & Short Stories, Plays, Travel Books & Biography (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Romantic-Era Gothic: Novels, Stories, Plays, Travels & BiographyBy Mary Shelley
Length163h 42m
About this audiobook
This premium collection gathers the astonishing range of Mary Shelley's achievement: the major novels, shorter fiction, dramas, travel writing, and biographical works through which she helped define modern Romantic prose. Moving from the Gothic-philosophical intensity of Frankenstein to the historical, political, and domestic concerns of her later novels and tales, the volume reveals a writer attentive to ambition, exile, gender, scientific speculation, and moral responsibility. Its style combines Romantic sensibility with intellectual rigor, placing Shelley within—and often beyond—the circles of Byron, Percy Shelley, and Godwinian radicalism. Mary Shelley's life furnished unusually rich material for such writing. Daughter of the philosopher William Godwin and the feminist pioneer Mary Wollstonecraft, she inherited a tradition of political inquiry and moral dissent. Her travels through Europe, early bereavements, marriage to Percy Bysshe Shelley, and experience of literary society shaped her fascination with creation, loss, social judgment, and the precarious position of women authorship. This collection is highly recommended to readers seeking more than the familiar myth of Frankenstein. It offers a comprehensive view of Shelley as novelist, thinker, dramatist, traveler, and biographer, rewarding scholars and general readers alike with the breadth of a singular literary intelligence.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length163 hrs 42 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 12, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1MARY SHELLEY Premium Collection: Novels & Short Stories, Plays, Travel Books & Biography (Annotated)
26Chapter Four
2Introduction
27Chapter Five
3Author Biography
28Chapter Six
4Historical Context
29Chapter Seven
5Synopsis (Selection)
30Chapter Eight
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6MARY SHELLEY Premium Collection: Novels & Short Stories, Plays, Travel Books & Biography
31Chapter Nine
7Novels
32Volume Three
8Frankenstein (Original Edition, 1818)
33Chapter One
9Preface
34Chapter Two
10Volume One
35Chapter Three
11Letter One
36Chapter Four
12Letter Two
37Chapter Five
13Letter Three
38Chapter Six
14Letter Four
39Chapter Seven
15Chapter One
40Walton in Continuation
16Chapter Two
41Frankenstein (Revised Edition, 1831)
17Chapter Three
42Letter 1
18Chapter Four
43Letter 2
19Chapter Five
44Letter 3
20Chapter Six
45Letter 4
21Chapter Seven
46Chapter 1
22Volume Two
47Chapter 2
23Chapter One
48Chapter 3
24Chapter Two
49Chapter 4
25Chapter Three
50Chapter 5
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The Last Man (Dystopian Novel) (Annotated)Mary Shelley20h 58m$2 · $0.00
Frankenstein & St. Irvyne (Annotated)Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley12h 45m$2 · $0.00
Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo (Anotado)Mary Shelley9h 11m$2 · $0.00
Frankenstein & The Last Man (Annotated)Mary Shelley28h 26m$2 · $0.00
Frankenstein (The Uncensored 1818 Edition) (Annotated)Mary Shelley9h 25m$3 · $0.00
Mary Shelley: The Complete Novels (The Giants of Literature - Book 27) (Annotated)Mary Shelley128h 26m$2 · $0.00
Valperga (Annotated)Mary Shelley18h 40m$2 · $0.00
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FrankensteinMary Shelley7h 49m$12 · $0.00
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The Complete Works: Charlotte, Emily, Anne, Patrick & Branwell BrontëCharlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë138h 12m$1 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Annotated)Oscar Wilde126h 19m$2 · $0.00
L. M. Montgomery – Premium Collection: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry & MemoirsLucy Maud Montgomery155h 1m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Works of the Brontë Family Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë140h 13m$2 · $0.00
MARK TWAIN: 12 Novels, 195 Short Stories, Autobiography, 10 Travel Books, 160+ Essays & Speeches (Illustrated)Mark Twain415h 9m5.0 (2)$2 · $0.00
This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m$2 · $0.00
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m$18 · $0.00
Ivanhoe (Annotated)Walter Scott22h 52m$2 · $0.00
All NovelsGeorge Orwell53h 48m$10 · $0.00
The Complete Works of TolstoyLeo Tolstoy412h 44m$1 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Annotated)Louisa May Alcott226h 24m$2 · $0.00
Sherlock Holmes series - completeArthur Conan54h 8m$3.50 · $0.00
The Fire Next TimeJames Baldwin2h 25m$15
The Count of Monte Cristo (With Original Illustrations)Alexandre Dumas54h$1 · $0.00
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Braving the TruthRachel Held Evans11h 31m$29 · $0.00
The Complete Novels of Charlotte Brontë (Annotated)Charlotte Brontë80h 42m$2 · $0.00
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Twelfth Night (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography (Annotated)William Shakespeare, Sidney Lee16h 38m$2 · $0.00
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