Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus

The story of Victor Frankenstein and of the monstrous creature he created has held readers spellbound since its publication almost two centuries ago. On the surface, it is a novel of tense and steadily mounting horror; but on a more profound level, it offers searching illumination of the human condition in its portrayal of a scientist who oversteps the bounds of conscience, and of a monster brought to life in an alien world, ever more desperately attempting to escape the torture of his solitude. A novel of hallucinatory intensity, Frankenstein represents one of the most striking flowerings of the Romantic imagination. This Edition has been edited and designed by Wendy Viana.