ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -On January 1, 1818, “Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus” by Mary Shelley was published. Aside from penning the widely read gothic novel, Shelley was also a prolific travel writer, biographer, essayist, and dramatist.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shelley completed her writing in May 1817, and Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus was first published on 11 March 1818 by the small London publishing house of Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones.

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: -Early in the summer of 1817, Mary Shelley finished Frankenstein, which was published anonymously in January 1818. Reviewers and readers assumed that Percy Shelley was the author, since the book was published with his preface and dedicated to his political hero William Godwin.