Written in 1818 by an eighteen-year-old, on a dare, during a summer with no sun. Frankenstein is still the book people argue about when they argue about what science owes the thing it makes.

A hardcover in Union Square's Signature Gilded Editions, with sprayed edges, coloured end papers, an embossed foil cover and a ribbon marker sewn in. 240 pages, 4 3/4 by 7 inches, small enough to hold and finished to be kept.

For the reader assembling a shelf of classics. The gothic one. The teenager who is ready for it.