Frankenstein first edition cover

In the foreword to the third edition of the novel, Mary recalled the summer during which she had conceived of and written the novel while on holiday in Geneva. In that same introduction, Mary recounted the dream that served as her inspiration for Frankenstein. I saw — with shut eyes, but acute mental vision — I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life, and stir with an uneasy, half-vital motion.

I opened mine in terror. The idea so possessed my mind, that a thrill of fear ran through me, and I wished to exchange the ghastly image of my fancy for the realities around.

I see them still; the very room, the dark parquet , the closed shutters, with the moonlight struggling through, and the sense I had that the glassy lake and white high Alps were beyond.

A surviving copy of the three-volume First Edition of Frankenstein, published on 1 January The novel itself is viewed by many as standing among the earliest examples of science fiction in literature.

Tags: English Literature. Brandon Huebner. Mara McAfee — wore many hats. She was an actress, a dancer, an illustrator and an American Pop artist. The first Photoplay edition pictured here was bound in red cloth with black lettering. Bernie Wrightson is famous for his gruesome stories see: Swamp Thing. In , he provided nearly 50 drawings for the Albin Michel edition of Frankenstein.

The illustrations are so detailed that they almost look like old-fashioned engravings. Nick Fairbank is a graphic designer based in Brugge, Belgium. You can see his entire series for the Recovering the Classics Project here.