Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
1797–1851
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
London: Printed for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, 1818.
PML 16799
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1910
Transcription
Mrs. Thomas from her friend—the Author Mary Shelley
being the copy she made her corrections and additions in, for the Second Edition. Genoa, 1823.
My acquaintance with this very interesting person—arose from her being introduced to me under circumstances of so melancholy a nature (which attended her widowhood)—that it was impossible to refuse the aid asked of me—I gave her all I could and passed many delightful hours with