Caleb Williams

Mentioned by

Matt Teichman

, reminiscing about a friend who loved the book but couldn't remember the story.

Mentioned by

Dominic Sandbrook

as a precursor to Frankenstein and an influence from Mary Shelley's father.

Mentioned as a Gothic novel by William Godwin that influenced 'Frankenstein'.

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Christopher Scalia

as a novel by William Godwin progressives should read.

Mencionado como una novela gótica de William Godwin que influyó en la escritura de Frankenstein.

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Philip Hensher

as Godwin’s best Gothic novel and a work consciously modeled on Defoe.

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Deven Parker

as William Godwin’s exploration of whether letters could effectively secure legal justice within a politically charged postal culture.

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Fiona Sampson

as William Godwin’s political novel, alongside his philosophical work, and part of Mary Shelley’s radical family background.

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Deven Parker

as William Godwin’s contrasting example of the letter’s limited power to secure legal justice.

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Deven Parker

as a novel that questions whether letters can effectively secure legal justice within the 1790s political communication landscape.

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