ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, novel by Mary Shelley, first published in 1818. Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin was the only daughter of the writers William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft.

Detailed explanation-2: -To understand the outcry of many, the alterations from the 1818 edition to the 1831 edition need to be listed: The 1818 edition’s first chapter was expanded as well as split into two different chapters. The 1831 edition had changes made to the origin story of Elizabeth Lavenza.

Detailed explanation-3: -A small London publishing house, Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, first printed Frankenstein: or, a Modern Prometheus in a limited series of just 500 copies on January 1, 1818.

Detailed explanation-4: -Publication. Shelley completed her writing in April/May 1817, and Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus was published on 1 January 1818 by the small London publishing house Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: Mary Shelley published Frankenstein anonymously because she was afraid that the nature of the subject matter would cause such an outrage if written by a woman that she would lose her children. At the time it would have been very shocking for a woman to write a novel about murder and horror.