Frankenstein (Annotated); Or The Modern Day Prometheus

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, is a book written by English author Mary Shelley about eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque but sentient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley's name appears on the second edition, published in France in 1823.


This edition has been formatted for your reader, with an active table of contents.  It has also been annotated, with additional information like an overview, summary, composition, publication, sources, reception, adaptations, biographical and bibliographical information.