Frankenstein

First published in 1818, this novel is framed by letters from the Arctic explorer Robert Walton, who meets Victor Frankenstein, a Genevan student who has assembled and animated a living being from the dead. The creature, abandoned at the moment of his awakening, learns language in secret, seeks companionship, and is refused. His demand that Frankenstein make him a mate, and Frankenstein's refusal, drive a pursuit across Europe toward the ice. The book is a tale of scientific overreach and responsibility, told through nested first-person accounts rather than an impersonal chronicle.

Bound in mid blue cloth, cover blocked in back and silver with an image. Ribbon marker. Page tops stained blue. Slipcase printed with a blue marbled pattern.