书虫牛津英汉双语读物。
　　“书虫”是外语教学与研究出版社和牛津大学出版社共同奉献给广大英语学习者的一大精品。书虫在英语中大概是颇可爱的形象。想象一下，有那么一只勤勉的小虫，它如痴如醉地沉迷于书卷，孜孜不倦地咀嚼着字母……
　　如今这只“书虫”漂洋过海，轻盈地落在了中国英语学习者的掌中。“书虫”首先将给你自信，即使你目前只有几百的词汇量，也可以不太费劲地阅览世界名作了。书虫还会用它细细的鸣叫声不停地提醒你：要坚持不懈地读下去，要广泛而丰富地读下去。待到读完丛书系列中的最后一本，你也许会突然发现：你已经如蛹化蝶，振翅欲翔了！

　　玛丽·雪莱，（1797-1851）是维多利亚时代的一位重要作家。她的丈夫是英格兰最著名的诗人之一——珀西·比希·雪莱。

或许以这个悲伤而恐怖的故事拍成的电影林比世界上由任何其他故事拍成的电影都要多。为什么有这么多的人喜欢它？因为当我们第一次读到它时，它就好像是出自我们梦中的记忆一。
这是一个古老的故事，也是一个新的故事。说它“古老”是因为它创作于一百五十多年以前，那时的科学发展才刚刚起步；说它“新”是因为弗兰肯斯坦的问题也就是我们今天所面临的问题。科学给予我们力量去改造世界，但这种力量也可能与我们作对并毁灭我们。弗兰步斯坦创造了一个新的人，他比任何其他人都要巨大和强壮——顽而弗兰肯斯坦控制不了他，这个怪物毁灭了弗兰肯斯坦所爱的一切。今天的科学家正在创造着巨大的机器、电脑和武器，他们声称这些东西对我们有益——但我们能够驾驭它们吗？

Chapter 1
第一章
Victor Frankenstein's Story Begins 维克多的故事开始了
Chapter 2
第二章
Chapter 3
第三章
Chapter 4
第四章
Chapter 5
第五章
Chapter 6
第六章
The Monster's Story 怪物的故事
Chapter 7
第七章
Chapter 8
第八章
Chapter 9
第九章
Victor Frankenstein Continues His Story 维克多·弗兰肯斯坦继续讲他的故事
Chapter 10
第十章
Chapter 11
第十一章
Chapter 12
第十二章
Chapter 13
第十三章
Chapter 14
第十四章
Captain Walton's Note 沃尔顿船长的记录
Chapter 15
第十五章
Exercises

　　'Captain！Something is moving on the ice．Look over there！'
　　The sailor stood at the top of the mast，high above the Captain．His hand pointed away from the ship，across the miles of ice that covered the sea.
　　The Captain looked to the north，where the sailor was pointing．He saw something coming fast towards the ship across the ice．He put his telescope to his eye，and through it he could see the shapes of ten dogs pulling a sledge over the ice．He could also see the driver of the sledge—a huge figure，much bigger than a man.
　　The sledge came nearer and nearer to the sea．Soon it was only a quarter of a mile from the ship．No one needed a telescope now to see the huge figure of the driver.
　　Suddenly the sledge went behind a mountain of ice and disappeared．At that moment another sledge appeared．It，too，was moving fast，and was clearly chasing the first sledge．This driver was a smaller figure，more like an ordinary man．Faster and faster the dogs ran；then the second sledge also disappeared behind the mountain of ice.
　　Two hours passed．The sledges did not appear again．Nothing moved on the ice．Soon night came，and in the night there was a storm．In the morning，the sailors saw that great pieces of ice were floating round the ship．Suddenly the sailor on the mast shouted again：
　　'Captain，I can see a man on the ice.'
　　The sailor was pointing to a piece of ice that was floating near the ship．A man was sitting on the ice，and near him was a broken sledge．The man was nearly dead from cold and could not walk．The sailors carried him carefully onto the ship，and took him to the Captain，who said：
　　'Welcome to my ship．I am the Captain and my name is Robert Walton.'
　　'Thank you，Captain Walton，' the man said．'My name is Frankenstein，Victor Frankenstein.'
　　Then he fainted and said no more.
　　Two days passed before the man was strong enough to talk and then the Captain asked him to tell his story.
　　'I am trying to catch someone，' said Frankenstein．'That is why I have come so far north on the ice.'
　　'We saw you following someone，' the Captain said．'He was huge，much bigger than a man．We saw his sledge just in front of you on the night before the storm.'
　　'I am pleased you all saw that huge figure，' Frankenstein said．'Perhaps that will help you to believe my story.'
　　During the days，while the Captain worked on the ship，Frankenstein wrote down his story，and each evening he read what he had written to the Captain.