This edition has generous sized font and quality paper that will last. An introduction and footnotes are added to help make the story relevant in the context of the 21st Century.Frankenstein is Mary Shelley's classic horror story. "One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought, for the dominion I should acquire and transmit over the elemental foes of our race. (Letter 4.21)"