ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -She didn’t put her name on her book-she published “Frankenstein ” anonymously, in 1818, not least out of a concern that she might lose custody of her children-and she didn’t give her monster a name, either.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -When Frankenstein was first published in 1818, Mary elected to remain anonymous. The only clues to the author’s identity were its dedication to Mary’s father, William Godwin, and a preface written by her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, whose involvement caused many readers to presume him to be the anonymous author.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is published. The book, by 20-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, is frequently called the world’s first science fiction novel.