Mary Shelley&#39;s seminal novel of the scientist whose creation becomes a monster.<br />This edition is the original 1818 text, which preserves the hard-hitting and politically charged aspects of Shelley&#39;s original writing, as well as her unflinching wit and strong female voice. This edition also includes a new introduction and suggestions for further reading by author and Shelley expert Charlotte Gordon, literary excerpts and reviews selected by Gordon and a chronology and essay by preeminent Shelley scholar Charles E. Robinson.