Victor Frankenstein, a precocious student with reckless ambition, produces a hideous living being in his laboratory. Facing only horror and repulsion from those he encounters, the monster becomes more wretched and hopeless, until finally he resolves to seek revenge on the man who gave him life.Mary Shelley's classic tale endures after 200 years of publication, with universal and persistent themes that continue to influence the stories we tell about our relationship to science, creation and human suffering.This edition contains four additional stories by Shelley.