Sinópse: annotations Today we are going to briefly analyze a well-known classic book, one that does not need a presentation. It’s about Frankenstein from Mary Shelley. There are numerous adaptations of this title, which is already part of popular culture. As you probably know, there are several films based on the character of Shelley like Dr. Frankenstein of 1931, The Bride of Frankenstein of 1935 and Frankenstein of Mary Shelley of 1994. There are also audiobooks, comics and I remember that he even adapted to a series of cartoon, being the monster of Frankenstein a very popular character. This work is considered by many the first science fiction novel. Remind you that science fiction is part of the popular imagination, of the traditional stories and legends of many peoples. Thus, we find precursory stories already in Classical Greece that, without being called science fiction, contain basic elements of the genre. Mary Shelley (1797-1851, United Kingdom) is an English novelist and dramatist who wrote several novels and travel books, as well as some short stories and poetry. She is known for the novel in question that she published in 1818 and for which she wrote three different versions. The first is from 1816 and was written because Lord Byron, during a stay of the Shelley couple in his home, challenged his guests to write a horror story to entertain themselves in a few days of bad weather.1816 was the so-called year without summer, due to the ashes that the Tambora volcano expelled to the atmosphere. The author’s husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, modified the novel and helped correct it. The final version was rewritten from previous versions in 1831. Other known works of the author are The Last Man of 1826 and Mathilda of 1819.