Frankenstein
A scientist, a creature and a chase to the Arctic. Read the whole novel in English, in 28 short parts.
Frankenstein is a Gothic novel about Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who makes a living creature and then abandons it. It is told through an explorer's letters and then in Victor's own words, with the creature's own account at its heart. This is the 1818 text, with a short preface, four letters and 23 chapters in three volumes.
Parts
- Preface
- Letter 1
- Letter 2
- Letter 3
- Letter 4
- Volume 1, Chapter 1
- Volume 1, Chapter 2
- Volume 1, Chapter 3
- Volume 1, Chapter 4
- Volume 1, Chapter 5
- Volume 1, Chapter 6
- Volume 1, Chapter 7
- Volume 2, Chapter 1
- Volume 2, Chapter 2
- Volume 2, Chapter 3
- Volume 2, Chapter 4
- Volume 2, Chapter 5
- Volume 2, Chapter 6
- Volume 2, Chapter 7
- Volume 2, Chapter 8
- Volume 2, Chapter 9
- Volume 3, Chapter 1
- Volume 3, Chapter 2
- Volume 3, Chapter 3
- Volume 3, Chapter 4
- Volume 3, Chapter 5
- Volume 3, Chapter 6
- Volume 3, Chapter 7
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, first published in 1818. Text of the 1818 edition. Public domain.