Front matter
Reading edition · Edition 2
[Transcriber’s Note: This text was produced from a photo-reprint of the 1818 edition.]
FRANKENSTEIN; OR, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS.
IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I.
Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?——
Paradise Lost.
London: PRINTED FOR LACKINGTON, HUGHES, HARDING, MAVOR, & JONES, FINSBURY SQUARE.
1818.
TO WILLIAM GODWIN, AUTHOR OF POLITICAL JUSTICE, CALEB WILLIAMS, &c. THESE VOLUMES Are respectfully inscribed BY THE AUTHOR.