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Monsters

Monsters

  • The passion and loss that created Frankenstein

1814: Mary Godwin, the sixteen-year-old daughter of radical socialist and feminist writers, runs away with a dangerously charming young poet - Percy Bysshe Shelley. From there, the two young lovers travel a Europe in the throes of revolutionary change, through high and low society, tragedy and passion, where they will be drawn into the orbit of the mad and bad Lord Byron.
But Mary and Percy are not alone: they bring Jane, Mary's young step-sister. And she knows the biggest secrets of them all . . .

Told from Mary and Jane's perspectives, Monsters is a novel about radical ideas, rule-breaking love, dangerous Romantics, and the creation of the greatest Gothic novel of them all: Frankenstein

Reviews

  • "A thoughtful and utterly fascinating story of love, hate and artistic creation"

    Sally Nicholls

  • "Poignant, lush and satisfying – a thought-provoking book"

    Guardian

  • "This gripping tale brings Mary Shelley to life."

    The Independent

  • "The historical details are deftly woven into this riveting tale. A book to curl up with."

    Irish Times

  • "This thoughtful novel can be a real gift to English teachers everywhere."

    Joy Court, LoveReading4Schools

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About the Author

Sharon Dogar

Sharon Dogar lives in Oxford with her husband and three children. She loves writing, reading and daydreaming. She also works with adolescents as a psychotherapist.

Sharon Dogar

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