L&T Readings for First-Year Students Enrolling in Fall 2026
Our summer reading assignments for this year are:
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Penguin) (ISBN-13: 978-0143131847). Students should purchase and read Frankenstein before arriving in Annandale.
Transfer Students
Please note: transfer students do not need to purchase books or do any reading ahead of arrival on campus. The work of arriving transfer students in August will be centered around the Language and Thinking Anthology.
Contact Us
Language and Thinking
Bard College, P.O. Box 5000
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504
[email protected] | 845-758-7559
