The Complete Novels of Mary Shelley (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Frankenstein, The Last Man, Valperga, The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck, Lodore & FalknerBy Mary Shelley
Length128h 30m
About this audiobook
The Complete Novels of Mary Shelley gathers the full range of a writer too often reduced to Frankenstein. Across Frankenstein, Valperga, The Last Man, The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck, Lodore, and Falkner, Shelley moves between Gothic speculation, historical romance, political meditation, and domestic fiction. Her prose combines philosophical inquiry with emotional intensity, setting Romantic idealism against bodily suffering, social injustice, and the instability of human ambition. Mary Shelley, daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, inherited a radical intellectual legacy and lived amid the revolutionary hopes and personal catastrophes of the Romantic circle. Her marriage to Percy Bysshe Shelley, her bereavements, travels, and exposure to debates on science, reform, gender, and history deeply informed her fiction. These novels reveal an author persistently examining creation, responsibility, exile, lineage, and the precarious place of women within public and private life. This collection is essential for readers seeking a fuller understanding of nineteenth-century fiction beyond the conventional canon. It will reward admirers of Gothic literature, Romanticism, feminist literary history, and philosophical narrative. Read together, Shelley's novels disclose not a single famous invention, but a sustained, searching 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, Science Fiction
Length128 hrs 30 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 12, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Complete Novels of Mary Shelley (Annotated)
26Chapter Five
2Introduction
27Chapter Six
3Author Biography
28Chapter Seven
4Historical Context
29Chapter Eight
5Synopsis (Selection)
30Chapter Nine
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6Novels
31Volume Three
7Frankenstein (Original Edition, 1818)
32Chapter One
8Preface
33Chapter Two
9Volume One
34Chapter Three
10Letter One
35Chapter Four
11Letter Two
36Chapter Five
12Letter Three
37Chapter Six
13Letter Four
38Chapter Seven
14Chapter One
39Walton in Continuation
15Chapter Two
40Frankenstein (Revised Edition, 1831)
16Chapter Three
41Letter 1
17Chapter Four
42Letter 2
18Chapter Five
43Letter 3
19Chapter Six
44Letter 4
20Chapter Seven
45Chapter 1
21Volume Two
46Chapter 2
22Chapter One
47Chapter 3
23Chapter Two
48Chapter 4
24Chapter Three
49Chapter 5
25Chapter Four
50Chapter 6
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