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Fathime's astral body leaving her as she dies while Euphrosyne sits and watches. Line engraving by S. Davenport after H. Corbould.

The lady and her monsters : a tale of dissections, real-life Dr. Frankensteins, and the creation of Mary Shelley's masterpiece / Roseanne Montillo.

Mary Shelley / Miranda Seymour.

Murdering to dissect : grave-robbing, Frankenstein and the anatomy literature / Tim Marshall.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein! / Gary Friedrich, writer ; Mike Ploog, artist.

In Frankenstein's shadow : myth, monstrosity, and nineteenth-century writing / Chris Baldick.

Victor Frankenstein observing the first stirrings of his creature. Engraving by W. Chevalier after Th. von Holst, 1831.

A pedlar of jewelry reads from a sheet, ladies inspect his wares, and a shepherd looks delighted. Engraving by S. Davenport after J. Holmes after C.R. Leslie.

Frankenstein, or, the modern Prometheus : annotated for scientists, engineers, and creators of all kinds / Mary Shelley ; edited by David H. Guston, Ed Finn, and Jason Scott Robert ; managing editors, Joey Eschrich and Mary Drago.

Frankenstein / Mary Shelley ; edited with an introduction by Maurice Hindle.

Eminent literary and scientific men of France.

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Mary Shelley

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A pedlar of jewelry reads from a sheet, ladies inspect his wares, and a shepherd looks delighted. Engraving by S. Davenport after J. Holmes after C.R. Leslie.

Frankenstein, or, the modern Prometheus : annotated for scientists, engineers, and creators of all kinds / Mary Shelley ; edited by David H. Guston, Ed Finn, and Jason Scott Robert ; managing editors, Joey Eschrich and Mary Drago.

Frankenstein / Mary Shelley ; edited with an introduction by Maurice Hindle.

Fathime's astral body leaving her as she dies while Euphrosyne sits and watches. Line engraving by S. Davenport after H. Corbould.

Eminent literary and scientific men of France.

Frequent collaborators

Mary Shelley

Images from the collections

Images by Mary Shelley

Images featuring Mary Shelley

Works from the collections

A pedlar of jewelry reads from a sheet, ladies inspect his wares, and a shepherd looks delighted. Engraving by S. Davenport after J. Holmes after C.R. Leslie.

Frankenstein, or, the modern Prometheus : annotated for scientists, engineers, and creators of all kinds / Mary Shelley ; edited by David H. Guston, Ed Finn, and Jason Scott Robert ; managing editors, Joey Eschrich and Mary Drago.

Frankenstein / Mary Shelley ; edited with an introduction by Maurice Hindle.

Fathime's astral body leaving her as she dies while Euphrosyne sits and watches. Line engraving by S. Davenport after H. Corbould.

Eminent literary and scientific men of France.

Frequent collaborators

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