What was Mary Shelley reading when she wrote, "Frankenstein"?
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 10:13 pm
A few readers of, "Frankenstein", have commented on the beautiful language that Mary Shelley incorporates into her writing. A glimpse of what Shelley may have been reading at the time she wrote, "Frankenstein" may shed light on her grasp of English language and her appreciation of beautiful prose.
Novels from 1813:
Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice
Willem Bilderdijk – A Short Account of a Remarkable Aerial Voyage and Discovery of a New Planet
Adelbert von Chamisso – Peter Schlemihl
Barbara Hofland – The Daughter-in-Law
Regina Maria Roche – The Monastery of St. Columb
Shikitei Sanba – Ukiyoburo (publication completed)
Sarah Elizabeth Utterson – Tales of the Dead
Novels from 1814:
Jane Austen (anonymously) - Mansfield Park
Fanny Burney - The Wanderer: or, Female Difficulties (her last novel)
Mary Brunton - Discipline
Adelbert von Chamisso - Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte ("Peter Schlemihl's Miraculous Story")
Selina Davenport - The Hypocrite
Maria Edgeworth - Patronage
Pierce Egan - The Mistress of Royalty
Jane Harvey Auberry Stanhope
Ethelia: a Tale
Ann Hatton - Conviction
Laetitia Matilda Hawkins - Rossane; or A father’s labour lost
William Henry Hitchener - The Towers of Ravenswold
Barbara Hofland - Emily and Her Friends
Christian Isobel Johnstone - The Saxon and the Gaël
Mary Meeke - Conscience
Lady Morgan - O'Donnell
Anna Maria Porter - The Recluse of Norway
Regina Maria Roche - Trecothick Bower
Honoria Scott - The Castle of Strathmay
Walter Scott - Waverley
Mary Martha Sherwood - The History of Little Henry and his Bearer
Louisa Stanhope - Madelina: A Tale Founded on Facts
Elizabeth Thomas - The Prison-House
Jane West - Alicia de Lacy
You may want to look for these titles on free book sites such as; Project Gutenberg.
Novels from 1813:
Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice
Willem Bilderdijk – A Short Account of a Remarkable Aerial Voyage and Discovery of a New Planet
Adelbert von Chamisso – Peter Schlemihl
Barbara Hofland – The Daughter-in-Law
Regina Maria Roche – The Monastery of St. Columb
Shikitei Sanba – Ukiyoburo (publication completed)
Sarah Elizabeth Utterson – Tales of the Dead
Novels from 1814:
Jane Austen (anonymously) - Mansfield Park
Fanny Burney - The Wanderer: or, Female Difficulties (her last novel)
Mary Brunton - Discipline
Adelbert von Chamisso - Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte ("Peter Schlemihl's Miraculous Story")
Selina Davenport - The Hypocrite
Maria Edgeworth - Patronage
Pierce Egan - The Mistress of Royalty
Jane Harvey Auberry Stanhope
Ethelia: a Tale
Ann Hatton - Conviction
Laetitia Matilda Hawkins - Rossane; or A father’s labour lost
William Henry Hitchener - The Towers of Ravenswold
Barbara Hofland - Emily and Her Friends
Christian Isobel Johnstone - The Saxon and the Gaël
Mary Meeke - Conscience
Lady Morgan - O'Donnell
Anna Maria Porter - The Recluse of Norway
Regina Maria Roche - Trecothick Bower
Honoria Scott - The Castle of Strathmay
Walter Scott - Waverley
Mary Martha Sherwood - The History of Little Henry and his Bearer
Louisa Stanhope - Madelina: A Tale Founded on Facts
Elizabeth Thomas - The Prison-House
Jane West - Alicia de Lacy
You may want to look for these titles on free book sites such as; Project Gutenberg.