 The second (English) edition of "Frankenstein" was published on 11 August 1823 in two volumes (by G. and W. B. Whittaker) following the success of the stage play "Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein" by Richard Brinsley Peake.This edition credited Mary Shelley as the book's author on its title page.On 31 October 1831, the first "popular" edition in one-volume appeared, published by Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley.