Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

Mary Shelley's 1818 masterpiece remains the most influential science fiction novel ever written—and the most misunderstood. This is not the story of a monster, but of its creator: Victor Frankenstein, whose obsessive pursuit of forbidden knowledge births a creature of superhuman intelligence and sensitivity, then abandons it to a world that can only see its hideous form. What follows is a tragedy of loneliness, rejection, and revenge that asks questions we still cannot answer: What do we owe to that which we create? What makes a monster? Presented in a stunning Raven's Gate Classics edition.