-17 short stories by the author of Frankenstein. English original edition- This collection reproduces the 1891 edition edited by Richard Garnett (1835-1906) and his Introduction, with 17 short stories. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1791-1851) was an English Romantic novelist best known as the author of Frankenstein. The only daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, she married the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1816. Mysteria A paperback and e-book series published by Intra. Global readability, Italian charm.