Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

“How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavored to form? Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, eyes that seemed almost the same colour as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shriveled complexion and straight black lips...”


FRANKENSTEIN—the seminal horror novel and gothic masterpiece that launched a thousand monsters, with its eerie and horrifying scenes of animating dead flesh, stitching rotting corpses together, watching a soulless monster open its hideous eyes for the first time…

Widely considered to be one of the top 100 books of all time, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has spawned a host of film, television, and stage adaptations, and more than 100 years after its initial publication it continues to hold readers spellbound.

This new 21st century edition includes the authoritative text, edited by Philip Dossick.