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Book SynopsisMary Shelley's classic tale of the devastating consequences of playing God joins the SF Masterworks list.
NAMED ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD
Trade ReviewThe first novel of the scientific revolution and, incidentally, the first novel of science fiction -- Brian Aldiss
Frankenstein appeals to something very primal, but it's also about profound things, the very nature of life and death and birth -- Kenneth Branagh
How many fictional characters have made the great leap from literature to mythology; how many creatures of sheer language have stepped from the rhythms of their author's idiosyncratic voices into what might be called a collective cultural consciousness? -- Joyce Carol Oates
The greatest novel of the Romantic movement -- Michael Dirda
Mary Shelley more than made a name for herself and thrived without a formal education, becoming a trailblazing female writer in a genre still dominated by men today * INDEPENDENT *
