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 blue leather, cover blocked in silver and black foils with a design by Angela Barrett. Silvered on all three page-edges. Ribbon marker. Cloth-covered black slipcase blocked in silver foil with a design by Angela Barrett.