This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction and Notes by Dr Siv Jansson, University of Greenwich.

This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction and Notes by Dr Siv Jansson, University of Greenwich.

Begun when the author was only eighteen and conceived from a nightmare, Frankenstein is the deeply disturbing story of a monstrous creation which has terrified and chilled readers since its first publication in 1818. The novel has thus seared its way into the popular imagination while establishing itself as one of the pioneering works of modern science fiction.