Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus [classics] Mary Shelley.

First published in 1818.

1989 TOR paperback edition contains a foreword, afterword and brief biography of author by Keith Neilson.

Wordsworth Classics edition contains a new forward by Walter James Miller and an afterword by Harold Bloom.

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).

Penguin Classics 2003 trade paperback is edited with an introduction and notes by Maurice Hindle.

"Revised and updated bibliography."

Includes bibliographical references.

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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