The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley... 9780857060600

Tales from a Mistress of the GothicMary Shelley is possibly one of the most renowned women authors of all time She is of course the literary creator of the iconic Frankensteins monster and that alone has guaranteed it and her immortality rivalled only by Bram Stokers Dracula in the pantheon of the bizarre Beyond her most famous literary work Frankenstein she possessed an incredible creative talent responsible for a dazzling collection of novels short stories essays plays biographies and travel books Mary Shelley was an independent free thinking woman decades before her time who strongly adhered the ideals of her father the political philosopher William Godwin and her mother the feminist and liberal Mary Wollstonecraft She notoriouslyfor her timebecame the mistress of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and she subsequently married him upon the suicide of his wife Those familiar with Frankenstein will not be surprised to find it within this special collection but those for whom it will be a new experience will discover a superb work of fiction which towers above our perceptions of it from its familiarity through film and television Fortunately Mary Shelley did not confine her excursions into the other worldly weird and Gothic to just this tale of the manmade man This two volume edition contains two novels and many shorter pieces in testament to Mary Shelleys talent for the literature of the macabre The second volume of this special collection of Mary Shelleys literary excursions...