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Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley · 32 parts · about 6 hours 28 minutes of reading

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A young scientist builds a living creature and then abandons it, with terrible results for everyone he loves. Mary Shelley dreamed up this gothic landmark as a teenager, and it has never stopped haunting its readers.

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Contents

Introduction11 minPreface3 minDedication1 minEpigraph1 minLetter I6 minLetter II7 minLetter III2 minLetter IV14 minChapter I9 minChapter II11 minChapter III13 minChapter IV13 minChapter V12 minChapter VI14 minChapter VII18 minChapter VIII15 minChapter IX11 minChapter X12 minChapter XI15 minChapter XII10 minChapter XIII10 minChapter XIV9 minChapter XV15 minChapter XVI16 minChapter XVII10 minChapter XVIII14 minChapter XIX13 minChapter XX18 minChapter XXI19 minChapter XXII17 minChapter XXIII13 minChapter XXIV41 min

Source: Standard Ebooks. Published 1818 (1831 revised edition). Author died 1851. Public domain worldwide. Share this book: WhatsApp

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