Title: Preface (Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus)

Title: Preface (Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus) Title Record # 1313119
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Date: 1818-03-11
Type: ESSAY
Language: English

Note: Do not confuse this with the 1831 Introduction by Mary Shelley, first published in that year's revised edition of Frankenstein. This preface is "signed" as: "Marlow, September 1817." This is sometimes incorrectly viewed as if it had been written by "Marlow" (i.e. as a pseudonym). In fact, this refers to the town of Marlow, in the Wycombe district in south Buckinghamshire, England. After their marriage, in March 1817, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley moved to Marlow, where they lived until March 1818. The preface is sometimes attributed to Mary Shelley, but more commonly attributed to Percy, and she wrote in the 1831 introduction, "As far as I can recollect, it was entirely written by him."

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Year	Title
1818	Preface (Frankenstein) [as by P. B. Shelley]
1818	Preface (Frankenstein) [as by uncredited]
1818	Preface (Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus) [as by P. B. Shelley]
1931	Preface (Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus) [as by uncredited]
1971	Preface (Frankenstein) [as by uncredited]
1992	Preface (by P. B. Shelley, 1818) (Frankenstein) [as by P. B. Shelley]
2017	Preface (The New Annotated Frankenstein) [as by uncredited]
2018^ⓘ In the 2018 anthology (viewed as Amazon "Look inside"; ebook only, no page numbers) the heading of this essay is "Original Preface to the 1818 edition" and its closing matches the original, "Marlow, September, 1877". There it follows the Introduction to the 1831 Edition, whose closing is "M.W.S." over "London, October 15, 1831". That the 2018 publication is genuinely uncredited may be debated, as it appears in a subsection of the anthology that is credited to Mary Shelley; the Contents list appears designed to identify all of the contributors; the Foreword and Publisher's Note don't mention it. (The closing essay Biographies & Sources is not in this database, and the Amazon "Look" shows no part of it.)	Original Preface to the 1818 Edition (Frankenstein) [as by uncredited]

Year	Language	Title
1818	Italian	Prefazione dell'autrice (Frankenstein) [as by uncredited]
1970^ⓘTranslated by Friedrich Polakovics	German	Vorrede (Frankenstein oder Der neue Prometheus) [as by uncredited]
1982^ⓘTranslated by Chiara Zanolli & Laura Caretti	Italian	Prefazione all'edizione del 1818 (Frankenstein)
1991^ⓘTranslated by Stefania Censi	Italian	Prefazione (Frankenstein) [as by P. B. Shelley]
2001^ⓘTranslation of 1818 publication	Croatian	Predgovor prvom zdanju (Frankenstein ili moderni Prometej) [as by uncredited]
2006^ⓘTranslated by Elsa Hoog	Dutch	Woord vooraf (Frankenstein) [as by uncredited]
2017^ⓘTranslated by Alexander Pechmann	German	Vorwort (Frankenstein oder Der moderne Prometheus) [as by uncredited]
2019^ⓘTranslated by Silvia Castoldi.	Italian	Prefazione (Frankenstein, o, il moderno Prometeo) [as by uncredited]

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus	1818-03-11	uncredited	Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones			xii+ 181, 156, 192	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus	1931-00-00	Mary W. Shelley	Grosset & Dunlap			xiv+ 240	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Mach Tey
Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus	1934-00-00	Mary Shelley	Limited Editions Club			xvii+ 257	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus	1965-12-00	Mary Shelley	Signet / New American Library of Canada	CD329	C$0.50^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	224	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Tsao
Frankenstein	1967-04-00	Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley	Scholastic Book Services	SBS T 942	$0.45^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	271	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Margaret Howlett
Frankenstein oder Der neue Prometheus	1970-00-00	Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley	Hanser (Bibliotheca Dracula)		DM 17.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	351	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Uwe Bremer
Frankenstein	1971-04-00	Mary Shelley	Bantam Books (Bantam Pathfinder)	HP6965	$0.60^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xviii+ 206	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	James Bama
Frankenstein oder Der neue Prometheus	1972-06-00	Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley	dtv (dtv #829)	3-423-00829-6	DM 4.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	269	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Celestino Piatti
Dracula / Frankenstein	1973-00-00	Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker	International Collectors Library			655	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Frankenstein	1980-00-00	Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley	Watermill Press (Watermill Classic)	0-89375-401-3	$1.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xvii+ 333	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Frankenstein oder Der neue Prometheus	1980-05-00	Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley	dtv (dtv phantastica #1860)	3-423-01860-7	DM 6.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	269	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Celestino Piatti
Frankenstein	1982-03-10	Mary Shelley	Mondadori (Oscar #1494)	21102-9	Lit 3,500^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	234	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Ferenc Pintér^?Ferenc Pinter
Frankenstein	1992-00-00	Mary Shelley	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics)	0-14-043362-7	£3.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	lvi+ 261	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Joseph Wright
Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus	1994-02-00	Mary Shelley	Penguin Books (Penguin Popular Classics)	0-14-062030-3	£1.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	215	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Thomas Eakins
Frankenstein: ovvero Il Prometeo moderno	1994-08-00	Mary Shelley	Bompiani (I grandi tascabili Bompiani #378)	88-452-2286-1	Lit 13,000^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	xxxv+ 266	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Frankenstein	1994-11-00	Mary Shelley	Tor	0-812-55150-8	$4.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xx+ 236	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Boris Vallejo
Frankenstein	1996-05-00	Mary Shelley	W. W. Norton & Company (Norton Critical Editions)	0-393-96458-2		xii+ 336	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Caspar David Friedrich
Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus	1999-00-00	Mary Shelley	Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics)	1-85326-023-1		xxv+ 176	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Frankenstein ili moderni Prometej	2001-11-00	Mary Shelley	Šareni dućan^?Sareni ducan Shareni duchan ( Stranci u noći^?Stranci u noci #5)	953-6683-13-X		255	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Antonio Grgić^?Antonio Grgic Antonio Grgich
Frankenstein: ovvero Il Prometeo moderno	2002-06-00	Mary Shelley	Corriere della Sera (I grandi romanzi #26)		€4.90^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	240	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Frankenstein	2003-10-00	Mary Shelley	Bantam Books (Bantam Classic)	0-553-21247-8	$4.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxxiii+ 216	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Frankenstein	2006-00-00	Mary W. Shelley	Area	3-89996-836-0	€2.95^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	296	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Frankenstein	2006-03-02	Mary Shelley	VUM (Boek de film #3)	90-8691-003-3	€1.00^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	250	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Frankenstein: or The New Prometheus	2011-09-01	Mary Shelley	Bandanna Books	978-0-942208-45-0	$8.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	220	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Frankenstein	2011-12-00	Mary Shelley	Tor	978-1-4668-0480-7	$3.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Boris Vallejo
Frankenstein	2012-00-00	Mary Shelley	W. W. Norton & Company (Norton Critical Editions)	978-0-393-92793-1	£9.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xviii+ 524	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Caspar David Friedrich
Frankenstein	2012-00-00	Mary Shelley	Tor	978-0-8125-5150-1	$4.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xx+ 236	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Boris Vallejo
Frankenstein	2012-00-00	Mary Shelley	W. W. Norton & Company (Norton Critical Editions)	978-0-393-92793-1		xviii+ 524	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Caspar David Friedrich
Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus	2012-00-00	Mary Shelley	Sterling Publishing (Barnes & Noble Signature Editions)	978-1-4351-3768-4	$6.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxx+ 214	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Neil Holden
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus	2012-11-23	uncredited	Project Gutenberg	41445	$0.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Frankenstein	2013-10-03	Mary Shelley	Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Horror)	978-0-14-312233-3	$23.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xlii+ 334	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Paul Buckley
Frankenstein	2015-06-04	Mary Shelley	Oxford University Press (Rollercoasters)	978-0-19-835533-5	£8.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	216	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Andrew Davis
The New Annotated Frankenstein	2017-08-08	Mary Shelley	Liveright (Annotated Books (Norton & Liveright))	978-0-87140-949-2	$35.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	lxxx+ 352	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	John Kobal Foundation , Henry Fuseli , Richard Rothwell
Frankenstein oder Der moderne Prometheus	2017-10-02	Mary Shelley	Manesse	978-3-7175-2370-3	€22.00^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	464	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Frankenstein	2018-01-16	Mary Shelley	Rockport Publishers (Classics Reimagined)	978-1-63159-397-0	$25.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	243	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	David Plunkert
Frankenstein	2018-07-26	Mary Shelley	Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics)	978-1-78487-441-4	£12.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	256	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Horror Stories	2018-12-15	ed. Mary Shelley (in error)	Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy)	978-1-78664-807-5	£20.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	480	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Horror Stories	2018-12-15	ed. Mary Shelley (in error)	Flame Tree Press (Gothic Fantasy)	978-1-78755-256-2	$9.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
Frankenstein	2019-01-14	Mary Shelley	Collins (Collins Classroom Classics)	978-0-00-832592-3	£2.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	304	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Frankenstein, o, il moderno Prometeo	2019-10-00	Mary Shelley	Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli (BUR Grandi Classici)	978-88-17-14221-2	€10.00^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	288	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Lynd Ward
Frankenstein	2021-11-23	Mary Shelley	Chartwell Books (Chartwell Classics)	978-0-7858-3988-0	$10.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	352	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Frankenstein, o, il moderno Prometeo	2022-10-11	Mary Shelley	Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli (BUR Dark)	978-88-17-17669-9	€12.90^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	364	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Frankenstein, o, il moderno Prometeo	2022-10-11	Mary Shelley	Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli (BUR Dark)		€6.99^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Frankenstein	date unknown	Mary Shelley	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics)	0-14-043362-7	£2.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	lviii+ 261	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Joseph Wright
Frankenstein	date unknown	Mary Shelley	Perma-Bound (Perma-Bound Classics)		$10.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xx+ 236	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Boris Vallejo
Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus	date unknown	Mary Shelley	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics)	0-14-043237-X	£3.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	270	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Joseph Wright of Derby

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