Frankenstein was published in 1818, the work of a 21-year-old genius named Mary Shelley. Hundreds of movies, adaptations, and monster masks later, its reputation remains so lively that the title has become its own word in the English language. Victor Frankenstein, a scientist, discovers the secret of reanimating the dead. After he rejects his hideous creation, not even the farthest poles of the earth will keep his bitter monster from seeking an inhuman revenge. Inspired by a uniquely Romantic view of science’s possibilities, Shelley’s masterpiece ultimately wrestles with the hidden shadows of the human mind.

若き科学者ヴィクター・フランケンシュタインは、生命の起源に迫る研究に打ち込んでいた。ある時、ついに彼は生命の創造という神をも恐れぬ行いに手を染める。だが、創り上げた“怪物”はあまりに恐ろしい容貌をしていた。故郷へ逃亡した彼は、醜さゆえの孤独にあえぎ、彼を憎んだ“怪物”に追い詰められることになろうとは知る由もなかった―。天才女性作家が遺した伝説の名著。