A scientist, his creature, and the price of playing god โ in emoji.
Obsessed young scientist Victor Frankenstein builds a living creature from dead flesh, then abandons it in horror โ setting off a chain of revenge and ruin.
Here's what each part of the emoji story means, beat by beat.
The main characters, one emoji each โ tap any to copy.
The ambitious creator.
His abandoned, articulate creation.
Victor's doomed bride.
A copyable set of emojis that capture the book's vibe. Tap any emoji, or copy them all.
Mary Shelley was just 18 when she conceived the story during a ghost-story contest on a stormy summer by Lake Geneva.