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 * Original: “Shelley had, indeed, written the Preface, "Mutability", and selected the poetry passages, such as the John Milton epigraph, but these facts were not known at that time.”
 * Edited : Percy Shelley had written the Preface "Mutability". He also selected poetry passages such as the John Milton epigraph.  However, these facts were not known at the time.  (This is to simplify the sentence structure). ~
 * Original: “The next public challenge to Mary Shelley's authorship was in 1824 in a review of her follow-up novel in the British literary magazine Knight’s Quarterly Review, published and edited by Charles Knight. In the section “Frankenstein”, the reviewer wrote that the two books were by two different authors:”
 * Edited : The next public challenge to Mary Shelley's authorship came in 1824. She had written a follow-up novel that was reviewed in Charles Knight's literary magazine called Knight's Quarterly Review.  In the section titled "Frankenstein", the reviewer alleged that the follow-up novel and Frankenstein were written by two different authors.  (I broke up the single sentence into multiple, simpler sentences for easier reading). ~
 * Original: "Two years later the second (English) edition of 1823 published in London by G. and W. B. Whittaker supervised by Mary's father William Godwin listed the author as "Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley". Godwin made "114 substantive changes" to the 1818 edition but did not credit Percy Bysshe Shelley as the author of the Preface, did not cite him as the author of "Mutability", implying that Mary wrote them, left off the John Milton epigraph from Paradise Lost, and did not credit Shelley for his textual contributions to the work generally.”
 * Edited : The second edition was published two years later in 1823. It was published in London by G. and W.B. Whittaker.  The publication came under the supervision of William Godwin, who is Mary Shelley's father.  Godwin listed the author as "Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley".  He made "114 substantive changes" to the 1818 edition.  He decided to not credit Percy Bysshe Shelley as the author of the Preface.  Godwin also did not cite Percy Shelley as the author of the poem "Mutability" which gave implications that Mary Shelley was the author of the poem.  He also removed the John Milton epigraph from Paradise Lost.  Godwin failed to credit Percy Shelly for his textual contributions. ~
 * Original: “Proponents of Shelley's authorship such as Scott de Hart and Joseph P. Farrell claim that Shelley was obsessed with electricity, galvanism, and the reanimation of corpses, and point to the influence of James Lind, Shelley's former teacher at Eton College. Advocates of Shelley's authorship also point out that the novel contains Shelley's poetry such as "Mutability" as well as poetry by others, that the novel was imbued with the themes of atheism, social tolerance, social justice, reform, and antipathy to monarchism that only Shelley advocated, and that there were noticeable motifs and subjects in the novel which only he espoused, such as vegetarianism, pantheism, alchemy, incest, male friendship, and scientific discovery.”
 * Edited: “Proponents of Percy Shelley's authorship such as Scott de Hart and Joseph P. Farrell claim that he was obsessed with electricity, galvanism, and the reanimation of corpses, and point to the influence of James Lind, Percy Shelley's former teacher at Eton College. Advocates of Percy Shelley's authorship also point out that the novel contains his poetry such as "Mutability" as well as poetry by others, that the novel was imbued with the themes of atheism, social tolerance, social justice, reform, and antipathy to monarchism that only he advocated, and that there were noticeable motifs and subjects in the novel which only he espoused, such as vegetarianism, pantheism, alchemy, incest, male friendship, and scientific discovery .” (I ended up changing the word Shelley and disambiguated it to Percy Shelley so that everyone knows that we are not referring to Mary Shelley. I also nullified the redundancy of repeatedly using Shelley to the pronoun he and his). ~
 * New Information to be added: The first publication of Frankenstein was anonymous in regard to its authorship. In the 19th century, female authors had a strong bias against them which prevented their work from being taken as serious literary content.  The disregard for ability of female writers during this era contributed to the anonymity of the publication of this classic which in turn prompted questions about the true authorship when it was discovered that the female author, Mary Shelley, took the credit for the modern Gothic literary masterpiece. (Guttzeit G. Authoring Monsters: Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe and Early Nineteenth-Century Figures of Gothic Authorship. Forum for Modern Language Studies . 2018;54(3):279-292.doi:10.1093/fmls/cqy018) (I intended on added this piece to bring light to why has the question began and contributing factors to it.  How women authors were viewed during the time could have negatively affected the respect to accept her as the author.  Male pseudonyms were commonly used during this era.) ~
 * New Information to be added: The early life influences that started the idea of Frankenstein were sparked by the overhearing of the conversations between Percy Shelley and Lord Byron.  Mary Shelley began to creatively work on the topics that were spoken of.  She proposed the nascent tale to Percy as a short story originally however through the urging of Percy it eventually turned into a modern classic.  Percy Shelley has been a part of the creation of the novel from the beginning.  (Badalamenti A. Why did Mary Shelley Write Frankenstein? Journal of Religion and Health . 2006;45(3):419-439. doi:10.1007/s10943-006-9030-0) (Here I wanted to produce more information about how the married couple had been intertwined with the legend of the authorship of Frankenstein from the beginning since Mary herself claimed that inspiration had sprung from Percy, and the will and motivation to produce even more of it was also at his urging.) ~
 * Additional Ideas:    “The uncertainty ended with the publication of transcribed manuscripts in 1996 made it evident that Mary Shelley was the creative force behind the work, while Percy Shelley provided contributions which were editorial in nature. Advocates who continue to maintain that Percy Shelley had a much greater role in the creation of the text have been dismissed by mainstream scholars.”
 * In original manuscripts that predated the publication of Frankenstein, there were corrections and marks that were editorial in nature which were made by Percy Shelley. He would make inscribe his term of endearment for Mary Shelley which was "Pecksie" within the edited manuscripts.  (Mercer A. Beyond Frankenstein: The Collaborative Literary Relationship of Percy Bysshe and Mary Shelley. The Keats-Shelley Review . 2016;30(1):80-85. doi:10.1080/09524142.2016.1145937) ~
 * Here I mentioned what ended the uncertainty of why Mary Shelley is in fact the author. I know that they mentioned the penmanship of the manuscripts as well as I researched some evidence of editing by Percy through original manuscripts as well
 * Original Source: 1818 Preface to Frankenstein, written by Percy Bysshe Shelley, but not revealed or acknowledged until 1831.
 * Notes:
 * This is not a reliable source. It leads to an advertisement for loans.
 * "Based on its science, style, imagery, poetry, and language, some commentators have concluded that the novel's authorship is more likely Percy's rather than Mary's, though this interpretation is far from universal." (This may have to be taken out since the actual source is unknown)
 * Original: "However, editor Marilyn Butler, in her introduction and explanatory notes to the Oxford Press "1818 Text" edition of the novel, attributes these apparent coincidences to Percy's admiration and emulation of Mary's father, novelist William Godwin, whose works share numerous similarities in style, ideology, and subject matter with the novels of both Percy and Mary."
 * Edited: "However, in editor Marilyn Butler's introduction and explanatory notes to the Oxford Press "1818 Text" edition of the novel, she attributes these apparent coincidences to Percy's admiration and emulation of Mary's father, novelist William Godwin. Godwin's works share numerous similarities in style, ideology, and subject matter with the novels of both Percy and Mary" (I broke up the long embedded sentence into two for an easier read.)