Frankenstein

This is a classic work of fiction presented in its original 1818 text, offering a bold meditation on creation, responsibility, and the consequences of unchecked curiosity. The central questions probe what it means to seek knowledge, who bears the cost, and how society responds to the products of scientific ambition. The tone is thought-provoking, morally charged, and quietly daring, with a voice that remains vividly relevant to readers today. This edition preserves the original language while pairing the text with scholarly context. It features a new introduction by National Book Critics Circle award-winner Charlotte Gordon, along with suggestions for further reading, literary excerpts, and reviews selected by Gordon. A chronology and an essay by Shelley scholar Charles E. Robinson anchor the work in its historical moment and literary conversation. The edition also foregrounds Shelley’s relationship with her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, highlighting a feminist lineage that informs the text’s enduring resonance and placing the work within a broader feminist legacy rather than as a lone statement in a male-dominated literary circle. The reading experience blends a tightly woven narrative with reflective passages. You follow a driven scientist and his ill-fated creation through a journey of pursuit, consequence, and moral reckoning. The Gothic atmosphere and social critique are pr