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Guillermo del Toro claims that the 1818 edition is the most pure version of the novel and the one closest to the id of Mary Shelley.
“the 1818 is the most pure for me. is a little undisiplined, is a little ungainainely, uh is a little unrepentant, but is absolutely the one closest to the pulse of the biography of Mary Shel, the id of Mary Shel.”
New York Times Podcasts · Feb 2026 · 1 episode · 5K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.