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Nominated as one of americas bestloved novels by pbss the great american read 2018 marks the bicentennial of mary shelleys seminal novel. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 273 pages and is available in paperback format. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read frankenstein the uncensored original 1818 edition. Read frankenstein by author mary wollstonecraft shelley, free, online. This version is based on a digitisation by distributed proofreaders cross checked against an existing project. Pdf frankenstein the 1818 text download full pdf book. Robinson, was professor of english at the university of delaware, frequently lectured on the ten texts of frankenstein and edited frankenstein.
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