What makes Frankenstein so appealing after 200 years? To understand its popularity meet Mary Shelley, a 19-year-old girl who took part in a ghost story competition and came up with a cult novel on life and death. Meet the monster and find out how human he actually is. Meet Doctor Frankenstein, an ambitious overreacher who decides to cross the limits of nature. It is no wonder that readers still enjoy the characters, the Gothic atmosphere and the countless adaptations. This edition is specially tailored to the needs of English learners and contains the original text with numerous explanatory notes, an introduction, the keywords to understand the main ideas, several activities and an analysis of Mel Brooks' cult movie Young Frankenstein.