Mary Shelley”s seminal novel of the scientist whose creation becomes a monster. This edition is the original 1818 text which preserves the hard-hitting and politically charged aspects of Shelley”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.