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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein tells the story of scientist Victor Frankenstein’s creation of a monster and the disaster and woe that result.

Victor Frankenstein, telling his story to explorer Robert Walton, explains that he assembled a creature out of body parts, brought it to life, and fled in terror.

The creature was rejected by humans and came to realize the horror of his existence, blaming Victor. The creature began to hunt down and kill Victor’s loved ones and pursued Victor to the Arctic. Victor dies on Walton’s ship. The creature wanders into the Arctic alone after Victor's death and plans to end his life there.

About the Author

Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin was born in 1797, the daughter of two of the leading radical writers of the age. Her mother died just days after her birth and she was educated at home by her father and encouraged in literary pursuits.

She eloped with and subsequently married the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, but their life together was full of hardship.

The couple were ruined by disapproving parents and Mary lost three of her four children.

Although its subject matter was extremely dark, her first novel Frankenstein (1818) was an instant sensation.

Subsequent works such as Mathilda (1819), Valperga (1823) and The Last Man (1826) were less successful but are now finally receiving the critical acclaim that they deserve.