{"product_id":"9780486809229","title":"Mary Shelley The Dover Reader","description":"The daughter of political philosopher William Godwin and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley (1797–1851) created a remarkable body of work that includes novels, short stories, essays, plays, biographies, and travel books. For many years, she was remembered solely as the author of \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/i\u003eand the wife of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley; today her reputation has risen to that of a major figure in the world of Romantic literature.\u003cbr\u003eThis treasury offers the best of Mary Shelley's writings, starting with the complete text of her masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the melancholy novella \u003ci\u003eMathilda\u003c\/i\u003e and a significant excerpt from the apocalyptic classic \u003ci\u003eThe Last Man\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to the essay \"On Ghosts,\" the collection includes a selection of short stories: \"Transformation,\" \"The Dream,\" \"The Mortal Immortal,\" \"The False Rhyme,\" and \"Roger Dodsworth: The Reanimated Englishman.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122815123696,"sku":"9780486809229","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780486809229_p0.jpg?v=1763709019","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780486809229","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}