This is a scholarly edition addressing different expectations of the readership, by including both the original text and an updated version. In the former, today's readers can follow the unadulterated voice of the narrator, Fanny Hill, with all the lexical and grammatical blunders of a "country girl." In the latter, the spelling and the punctuation have been corrected, but strictly according to eighteenth-century standards, so that nothing of the tone and flavour of the original text is lost. This is the most extensively annotated edition of Cleland's novel with over 300 explanatory notes.

Frankenstein is, arguably, one of the most iconic novels in English literature. With its powerful, unsettling plot, isolated characters, and the wretched Creature at its center, it has become part of the Western cultural fabric. Mary Shelley reminds us that the error of the scientist can only have dreadful consequences if the rest of society proves to be irresponsible. Frankenstein's one sin is a sin of omission, rather than a sin of commission: he fails to accept the responsibilities of his creativity, and for this he is fearfully punished. But the real villain of the work is all mankind,...