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Overview
"Beyond question Shelley scholars and 19th-century specialists will value this usefully annotated and carefully produced edition; it may also be that anyone would enjoy the stories themselves... and the accompanying original engravings." — Diane Johnson, Washington Post.
Synopsis
"Beyond question Shelley scholars and 19th-century specialists will value this usefully annotated and carefully produced edition; it may also be that anyone would enjoy the stories themselves... and the accompanying original engravings." — Diane Johnson, Washington Post.
Booknews
Originally published in hardcover in 1989 by Little, Brown. A scholarly but eminently readable account of the life and career of Mary Shelley (1797-1851), daughter of pioneer feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and radical philosopher William Godwin, lover and wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley, author of Frankenstein, and creator of the science fiction genre. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Editorials
New York Times
Promises to be the definitive biography of Mary Shelley... Sunstein is to be praised for looking anew at so misunderstood a life.Washington Post
Beyond question Shelley scholars and 19th-century specialists will value this usefully annotated and carefully produced edition; it may also be that anyone would enjoy the stories themselves... and the accompanying original engravings.— Diane Johnson