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.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length163 hrs 42 mins
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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
The Women of Horror: 30 Timeless Horror Classics by Female AuthorsMary Shelley, Ann Ward Radcliffe, Francis Marion Crawford, Marie Corelli, Carolyn Wells, S. Baring-Gould, Emily Brontë, Mrs. Loudon, Baroness Orczy, Marie Conway Oemler, Eliza Parsons, Eleanor Sleath, Jane Austen, Clara Reeve, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth, Duchess, Louisa May Alcott, George Sand, Mrs. Oliphant, Mary Noailles Murfree, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Amelia B. Edwards, Edith Wharton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Alice Jane Chandler Webster, E. Nesbit256h 37m4.0 (19)$1.99
In the Dawn of Science Fiction: 22 Groundbreaking NovelsMary Shelley, Jonathan Swift, Jules Verne, Mrs. Loudon, John Ames Mitchell, H. G. Wells, John Munro, Robert W. Chambers, Guy Thorne, David Franklin Powell, George Allan England, Garrett Putman Serviss, Edward Bellamy, Edwin Lester Linden Arnold, Homer Eon Flint, Robert Cromie182h 2m$1.99
20+ Vintage Sci-Fi NovelsMary Shelley, Jonathan Swift, Jules Verne, Mrs. Loudon, John Ames Mitchell, H. G. Wells, John Munro, Robert W. Chambers, Guy Thorne, David Franklin Powell, George Allan England, Garrett Putman Serviss, Edward Bellamy, Edwin Lester Linden Arnold, Homer Eon Flint, Robert Cromie182h 2m$1.99
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