Book cover for Frankenstein the Graphic Novel: Quick Text by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein the Graphic Novel: Quick Text

2009 Released
144 Pages
2-3 Hours
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Classical ComicsISBN 9781906332501

A full-color graphic novel adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, using streamlined text and vivid illustrations to support fast, accessible reading.


Conceived as part of a literary game among friends in 1816, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is today regarded as a classic work of nineteenth-century literature. The story begins with the journey of adventurer Robert Walton, who saves the life of a man at the North Pole. That man is Victor Frankenstein, who tells Walton about his experiments with the creation of life and how those experiments led him to the Arctic.


Through this layered narrative, Shelley explores serious real-world issues including acceptance, tolerance, understanding, companionship, love, and the consequences of unchecked ambition. This Quick Text edition presents the story in streamlined, accessible language alongside full-color sequential artwork, supporting classroom study, independent reading, and guided discussion.


Slightly abridged for the graphic novel format, this adaptation remains true to Shelley's vision while helping readers follow the novel's gothic atmosphere, moral questions, and enduring themes.


Mary Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born on August 30, 1797, into a life of personal tragedy. In 1816, she married the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and that summer traveled with him and a host of other Romantic intellectuals to Geneva. Her greatest achievement was piecing together one of the most terrifying and renowned stories of all time: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Shelley said she conceived of Frankenstein in “a waking dream.” This vision was simply of a student kneeling before a corpse brought to life. Yet this tale of a mad creator and his abomination has inspired a multitude of storytellers and artists. She died on February 1, 1851.

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