Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus

Written when Mary Shelley was only 19 years old, this chilling tale of a young scientist's desire to create life still resonates today.

Victor Frankenstein's monster is stitched together from the stolen limbs of the dead, and the result is a grotesque being who, rejected by his maker, sets out on a journey to wreak his revenge.

In the most famous gothic horror story ever told, Shelley confronts the limitations of science, the nature of human cruelty and the pathway to forgiveness with rich language and evocative imagery.