Here you can find a bibliography of all the writings of Mary Shelley ( fiction and non-fiction) as well as a selected bibliography of reference works.
Mary Shelley
Fiction
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Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (1818)
A young student's discovery of animating lifeless matter leads to disaster when he creates a monster. You can read more about this novel in the Frankenstein section of this web site.
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- Valperga, or The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca (1823)
A romance set in medieval Italy, dealing with inquisition, superstition and ancestral warfare.
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The Last Man (1826)
An apocalyptic tale in which protagonist Lionel Verney is followed through a distant future world which has been depopulated by a plague.
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- The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck (1830)
A historical romance set in 15th century, dealing with the rise and fall of Perkin Warbeck, the alleged Duke of York, son of Edward IV.
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- Lodore (1835)
This novel deals with two young lovers who are forced to keep their relationship a secret while continually fleeing their creditors.
It can be said to be autobiographical, as the relationship between Ethel Lodore and Edward Villiers strongly resembles the initial stages of Mary and Percy Shelley's relationship.
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- Falkner (1837)
A novel focussing on the relationship between a young orphan and her protector.
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- Mathilda (1959)
The novel deals with a father's passionate (incestuous) love for his daughter.
This novel represents Mary's emotional state at the time: she had lost three children and the relationship with her father and her husband were strained. The novel is a melodramatic representation of this period of her life.
Although this short novel was written in the summer of 1819, it was not published until 1959, over a hundred years after Mary's death. It was Mary's wish not to publish the novel, as she probably realised that it was too personal to be published.
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- Collected Tales and Stories (1976)
Mary wrote short stories throughout her life but they were only collected and published in 1976.
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- Frankenstein Galvanized (2012)
This book contains the original 1818 text plus commentary and essays from academics and enthusiasts. These range from a history of Mary Shelley and early Gothic Literature to radical interpretations of themes and characters. Various strands of literature are represented. The contributors have had books previously published on Henry Miller, the Bronte Sisters, Wilkie Collins and Janet Frame.
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Non-Fiction 1
- History of a Six Weeks' Tour (1817)
This was co-written by her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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- Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal (1835-37)
First published in the Cabinet Cyclopædia.
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- Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of France
First published in the Cabinet Cyclopædia.
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- Preface and Notes to The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (from 1839 onwards)
- The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ed. Betty T. Bennett. (3 volumes, 1980, 1983, 1988)
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- The Journals of Mary Shelley ed. Paula R. Feldman and Diana Scott-Kilvert. (2 volumes, 1987)
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- Bann, Stephen, ed. Frankenstein, Creation and Monstrosity. London: Reaktion Books, 1994.
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- Botting, Fred. Making Monstrous: Frankenstein, Criticism, Theory. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1991.
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- Kilgour. The Rise of the Gothic Novel. London: Routledge,1995.
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- Spark, Muriel. Mary Shelley. New York: Meridian, 1988.
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Source:
- Spark, Muriel. Mary Shelley. New York: Meridian, 1988.
Footnote:
1 Muriel Spark, Mary Shelley (New York: Meridian, 1988) 237.