▁creature . ▁They ▁were ▁both ▁sever ely ▁wounded ▁in ▁the ▁fight , ▁the ▁creature ▁fat ally . ▁Gu ido ▁aw ak ened ▁in ▁his ▁own ▁body ▁once ▁again , ▁and ▁once ▁he ▁recovered , ▁he ▁and ▁Jul iet ▁were ▁married . ▁They ▁lived ▁a ▁long , ▁happy ▁life ▁together , ▁but ▁Gu ido ▁never ▁fully ▁re co vers ▁from ▁his ▁inj uries , ▁and ▁is ▁ha unted ▁by ▁his ▁memory ▁of ▁the ▁encounter ▁with ▁the ▁strange ▁creature . ▁ ▁Public ation ▁History ▁ ▁" Trans formation " ▁was ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁The ▁K ee ps ake ▁for ▁ 1 8 3 1 , ▁a ▁British ▁literary ▁annual . ▁It ▁was ▁accompanied ▁by ▁an ▁eng ra ving ▁called ▁Jul iet , ▁from ▁a ▁painting ▁by ▁Louis a ▁Sh ar pe ▁( att ributed ▁to ▁" Miss ▁Sh ar pe "), ▁eng ra ved ▁by ▁J . ▁C . ▁Edwards . ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁collected ▁in ▁several ▁anth ologies ▁since . ▁ ▁Th emes ▁and ▁In flu ences ▁ ▁" Trans formation " ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁several ▁Goth ic ▁tales ▁that ▁Mary ▁Sh elle y ▁published ▁in ▁The ▁K ee ps ake . ▁O thers ▁include ▁" F erd in ando ▁E bol i " ▁( 1 8 2 9 ), ▁" The ▁Ev il ▁E ye " ▁( 1 8 3 0 ), ▁" The ▁In visible ▁Girl " ▁( 1 8 3 2 ), ▁" The ▁Dream " ▁( 1 8 3 3 ), ▁and ▁" The ▁Mort al ▁Im mort al "