Although not an easy book to get into, I ended up thoroughly enjoying Frankenstein. There were times when Mary Shelley was clearly educating her readers about overseas places or customs of foreign lands, which felt too clunky to me, but once the true narrative was back in full flow I was hooked. It wasn't the story I thought I knew and rather than feeling disappointed by that, I loved it. An educated, literate 'monster' had my sympathy and understanding rather than my loathing and I found myself, at times, instead with feelings of animosity towards Frankenstein and those who shunned the 'monster'. I was surprised that the making /building of the creature was such a short section of the book and that travels across lands took so many pages, but all in all a great story and a great comment on not judging others without knowing them.

I wrote a separate review for each of the stories featured in this book, and I will only write here what I think of it as a whole:
I really liked Stephen King's introduction, which summarises pretty accurately how I ended up viewing these stories after reading them.
Frankenstein is featured in its 1831 version. As I only ever read this one, I don't know how different it is from the 1818 version, but I liked the added introduction from an older Mary Shelley.
Overall, I think that it was a great idea to put these iconic stories in the same volume. Personally, I didn't enjoy Frankenstein all that much, but fell in love with Dracula and had a lovely time reading Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde.

I love gothic horror, so 5 stars!

Frankenstein: 1.5
Dracula: 3.5
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde: 2.5