Frankenstein ; or, the modern Prometheus
(Book)

Introduction to Frankenstein by Stephen King -- Frankenstein: The mother of gothic horror -- Chronology of Mary Shelley's life and work -- Historical context of Frankenstein -- Mary Shelley on Frankenstein -- Frankenstein: or, the modern Prometheus.

"200 years after it was first published,Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has stood the test of time as a gothic masterpiece--a classic work of humanity and horror that blurs the line between man and monster... The story of Victor Frankenstein who, obsessed with creating life itself, plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, but whose botched creature sets out to destroy his maker, would become the world's most famous work of horror fiction, and remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity."--Amazon.com.