Mary Shelley

Excerpt from The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: A Romance The story of Perkin Warbeck was first suggested to me as a subject for historical detail. On studying it, I became aware of the romance which his story contains, while, at the same time, I felt that it would be impossible for any narration, that should be confined to the incorporation of facts related by our old Chroniclers, to do it justice. It is not singular that I should entertain a belief that Perkin was, in reality, the lost duke of York. For, in spite of Hume, and the later historians who have followed in his path, no person who has at all studied the subject but arrives at the same con elusion. Records exist in the Tower, some well known, others with which those 'who have access to those interesting papers are alone acquainted, which put the question almost beyond a doubt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The world's most famous monster comes to life in this 1818 novel, a compelling narrative that combines Gothic romance and science fiction to tell of an ambitious young doctor's attempts to breathe life into an artificial man. Despite the doctor's best intentions, the experiment goes horribly wrong in a timeless tale about the hazards of playing creator.

The reanimated man / Mary Shelley -- The mummy / Jane Webb -- The new Frankenstein / William Maginn -- The bell-tower / Herman Melville -- The vivisector / Ronald Ross -- The future Eve / Villiers de l'Isle Adam -- The incubated girl / Fred T. Jane -- The surgeon's experiment / W.C. Morrow -- Some experiments with a head / Dick Donovan -- The new Frankenstein / E.E. Kellett -- The man who made a man / Harle Oren Cummins -- Frankenstein II / Leonard Merrick -- The composite brain / Robert S. Carr -- Demons of the film colony / Theodore LeBerthon -- Frankenstein ; or, The man and the monster! / H.M. Milner -- Frankenstein : the man who made a monster / Garrett Ford and Francis Faragoh -- The bride of Frankenstein / John L. Balderston and William Hurlbut -- The workshop of filthy creation / Robert Muller -- The dead man / Fritz Leiber -- The curse of Frankenstein / Jimmy Sangster (cont.) The reanimator / H.P. Lovecraft -- Transformation / Mary Shelley -- The golem / Gustav Meyrink -- Death of a professor / Michael Hervey -- Frankenstein, Unlimited / H.A. Highstone -- IT / Theodore Sturgeon -- Wednesday's child / William Tenn -- Dial "F" for Frankenstein / Arthur C. Clarke -- The plot is the thing / Robert Bloch -- Fortitude / Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. -- Summertime was nearly over / Brian Aldiss -- At last, the true story of Frankenstein / Harry Harrison.

A young doctor whose obsession with death leads him to create a life. But his creature drafted from the bodies of convicts and the brain of a brilliant scientist

CONTENTS: Introduction. What hath light wrought? / by Isaac Asimov Visitation. The midnight embrace / by Matthew Lewis The Frankenstein theme. The transformation / by Mary Shelley Dream state. The bold dragoon / by Washington Irving Drug addiction. Levana and our ladies of sorrow / by Thomas de Quincey Sorcery. The magician / by Lord Lytton Morphia influence. [Berenice]( / by Edgar Allan Poe Schizophrenia. The drunkard's dream / by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Claustrophobia. The man in the reservoir / by C.F. Hoffman The blood drinker. Haceldama / by Lafcadio Hearn Hallucination. The ensouled violin / by Madame Blavatsky Morbidity. Visions of the night / by Ambrose Bierce The legendary dream. The soldier's rest / by Arthur Machen A trauma of war. The bureau d'échange de Maux / by Lord Dunsany Psychic experience. The silver mirror / by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The occultist. The testament of Magdalen Blair / by Aleister Crowley Visionary. A dream of Armageddon / by H.G. Wells Ghostly visitation. A school story / by M.R. James Obsession. The grimoire / by Montague Summers Recluse. The evil clergyman / by H.P. Lovecraft Nightmare. The slayers and the slain / by August Derleth Fear of illness. The shifting growth / by John Gawsworth Arachnophobia. Along came a spider / by Algernon Blackwood Night fantasy. The head hunter / by Robert Bloch A waking dream. The haunting of the new / by Ray Bradbury The future. The curse / by Arthur C. Clarke

The castle of Otranto / Horace Walpole The Old English Baron / Clara Reeve Mistrust or Blanche and Osbright / Matthew Gregory Lewis The heir of Mondolfo / Mary Shelley The white old maid / Nathaniel Hawthorn [The fall of the House of Usher]( / Edgar Allan Poe Carmilla / Sheridan Le Fanu.

A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.

The woman in white / Wilkie Collins -- Metamorposis / Franz Kafka -- The Lovecraft compendium / H.P. Lovecraft -- Dracula / Bram Stoker -- Classic tales of horror / Edgar Allan Poe -- The turn of the screw / Henry James -- Frankenstein / Mary Shelley -- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde / Robert Louis Stevenson.

The picture of Dorian Gray / Oscar Wilde -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Robert Louis Stevenson -- [Pride and Prejudice]( [Wuthering Heights]( / Emily Brontë -- Great expectations / Charles Dickens -- [Great Gatsby]( / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Frankenstein / Mary Shelley -- Dracula / Bram Stoker.