Mary Shelley
- Books on site
- 1
- Total words
- 75,000
- Reading time
- 4.2 h
- Years covered
- 1818
- Longest
- Frankenstein
Mary Shelley (1797–1851) was eighteen when she began Frankenstein, and the book appeared anonymously two years later, in 1818, with a preface by her husband Percy Shelley that many readers took as proof that he had written it. She was the daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, and she started the novel in the summer of 1816, when she, Shelley, Byron and Polidori were kept indoors by rain at the Villa Diodati and agreed to write ghost stories.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is free here in EPUB, AZW3 and KEPUB, complete and unabridged, at about 75,000 words — a short book that nearly everyone has heard of and fewer have read in the form she first published.
Every Mary Shelley title on editions.ink
In publication order, with word counts and reading time. The list is generated from the book pages themselves, so a new release appears here automatically.
Frankenstein| Year | Title | Words | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1818 | Frankenstein | 75,000 | ~5 h |
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Questions readers ask
How many Mary Shelley books are free on editions.ink?
There are 1 edition on the site, together about 75,000 words, or roughly 5 hours of reading. Each page has the full text as EPUB, AZW3 and KEPUB.
What is the best Mary Shelley book to start with?
Frankenstein (1818): it is the shortest complete work here, at about 5.0 hours.
Are these editions complete or abridged?
Complete. The text comes from the public-domain transcription and is checked against the printed edition named on each book page; nothing is cut, modernised or annotated away.
Which format should I download?
EPUB is the safest default for phones, tablets, Kobo and most reading apps. AZW3 suits older Kindles, and KEPUB is the Kobo-native format with better page-turn and footnote handling on a Kobo device.
Do I need an account or an app?
No. The download links are direct files served from the site; no account, newsletter or paywall is involved.
How long does Frankenstein take?
About 5.0 hours at 300 words per minute for 75,000 words — the longest title on this page. The whole list runs to roughly 5 hours.
Part of the author index and the complete catalogue. Every book page carries the full text, chapter summaries, characters, themes and the download links.