Frankenstein
A young scientist gives life to a creature and refuses to take responsibility.
- Publisher
- Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones
- Year
- 1818
- Language
- English
The book that began science fiction, and a story about what we owe to what we create.
About the book
Victor Frankenstein makes a being and abandons it. The creature teaches itself to speak and to read, and asks for a place in the world.
Why read it
Because its questions have not aged: what is the responsibility of a maker, and when does a monster begin?