Editing, 1800s Style

Frankenstein in Two Permutations

1818 Version vs. Mary Shelley’s Draft

I decided to re-read Frankenstein on vacation and was surprised to find a gem of an edition that presents the novel in two different ways. The first is the “1818” version of the novel, which has become the standard, most-reprinted version of the text that you (and I) probably read in school. The second version is a r…