Commonplace Editions · Printed
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley’s novel of ambition, creation, and the consequences of turning away from what we have made.
Our first printed edition. Online ordering will follow.
- Edition status
- Printed
- Suggested school placement
- Grade 10
- Placement across surveyed lists
- Grades 9–12
- First published or composed
- 1818
- Working text or translation
- Mary Shelley’s 1818 text
- Approximate extent
- About 75k words · 210 pages
Specifications shown describe the current printed edition. Availability and ordering will be announced separately.
A question to carry into the book
What responsibility does a creator have toward a creation?
The Commonplace Edition makes room for questions, connections, and passages worth keeping. Prompts invite thought without prescribing a single interpretation.
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Inside the printed edition
Made to be opened,
marked, and kept.
For schools
One possible place
in the sequence.
This title sits in Grade 10 of our working sequence and appears across grades 9–12 in the school lists surveyed. Placement is a planning guide; each school should review the text, translation, and fit for its own curriculum.
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A book to mark,
return to, and keep.
The printed edition pairs Mary Shelley’s complete text with generous note space and reflective prompts. Ordering details will be posted when availability opens.
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