Manuscript of Frankenstein: TEI Transcription

A scan of a handwritten document written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. This scan depicts Folio 21r of Notebook A, one of two notebooks in which the author drafted the two-volume version of Frankenstein. This page in the notebook indicates the start of the seventh chapter in this draft of the novel, where Victor Frankenstein beholds his completed creature for the first time. A scan of a handwritten document written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. This scan depicts Folio 21v of Notebook A, one of two notebooks in which the author drafted the two-volume version of Frankenstein. This page in the notebook continues the seventh chapter in this draft of the novel, where Victor Frankenstein beholds his completed creature for the first time.

Description:   MS. Abinger c.56

Bodleian MS. Abinger c.56 (formerly designated Dep. 477/1) consists of 62 leaves originally bound in Notebook A, one of two now disbound notebooks in which Mary W. Shelley (MWS) drafted the two-volume version of Frankenstein. The draft in c.56 runs from the beginning to the end of Volume I, concluding just as the Creature is about to begin his tale to Victor. The pages digitized in this showcase edition start at what in this draft is called 'Chapter 7th'of the Volume I draft (page 21r of the Abinger c.56 mansucript). In this chapter, Victor Frankenstein beholds his completed creature for the first time.