selected by the modern library as one of the 100 best novels of all time slaughterhousefive an american classic is one of the worlds great antiwar books centering on the infamous firebombing of dresden billy pilgrims odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most mary shelleys seminal novel of the scientist whose creation becomes a monsterthis edition is the original 1818 text which preserves the hardhitting and politically charged aspects of shelleys 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