Frankensein, by Mary Shelley

FRANKENSTEIN OR, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS

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by Mary Shelley
Edited with an introduction by Maurice Hindle
First published 1818
This edition published in Penguin Books 1985
Introductory material and notes © Maurice Hindle, 1985

Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay
To mould me man? Did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?
-- Paradise Lost.

Table of Contents

Opening Pages
Introduction
Suggested Further Reading
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: A Chronology
Note on the Text
Author's Introduction
Preface
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Notes