Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay
To mould me man? Did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me? — PARADISE LOST
Frankenstein
A Digital Variorum Edition
The Variorum Viewer initiates with the Preface of the 1818 edition.
Try mousing over and clicking the interactive heatmap to locate heavily altered passages.
Heatmap columns represent from left to right locations in the manuscript, 1818, Thomas, 1823, and 1831 editions.