Obsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life by electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear.
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ISBN: 9780307290793 (2006 Premier Classics trade pbk.)
General Note: "Revised and updated bibliography.".Penguin Classics 2003 trade paperback is edited with an introduction and notes by Maurice Hindle.1994 Dover Thrift paperback edition includes bibliographical note: " This Dover edition, first published in 1994, is a republication of the text of the third edition of 1831, as originally published by Colburn and Bentley (London) for their Standard Novels series and including the author's introduction and final revisions; in some cases, the punctuation has been slightly altered. An introductory Note and footnotes have been specially prepared for this edition." (T.p. verso).Wordsworth Classics edition contains a new forward by Walter James Miller and an afterword by Harold Bloom.1989 TOR paperback edition contains a foreword, afterword and brief biography of author by Keith Neilson.First published in 1818.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.