[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.