At Oxford, Victor Frankenstein finds a kindred spirit in the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, whose radical ideas about creation and the limits of science ignite Victor’s imagination. What begins as an intellectual friendship soon transforms into obsession as Victor turns his curiosity toward the ultimate experiment: to restore life to the dead.
Gathering bodies from the coroner’s table and graves beyond, Victor descends into the shadows of his own ambition, haunted by questions of faith, genius, and mortality. Each step toward discovery leads him closer to madness.
From acclaimed author Peter Ackroyd, The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein is a brilliant reimagining of Mary Shelley’s timeless myth, blending literary history, gothic atmosphere, and the tragic cost of creation.
