William Godwin (Mary Shelley's father) wrote a novel called Caleb Williams which I remember as a very early dystopian thriller - not in the alternate-world sense, but in the "innocent man hounded by sinister agents" style a la Enemy of the State (or North by Northwest for that matter) and tons of other modern things. Pretty cool to have one foot in the 18th century and the other a good 200 years into the future.
There's a pretty good graphic novel with with a similar name and theme. It was written post 9/11 and definitely draws on that as a source of thematic inspiration. I'd give the TV show a miss though.
The sentence you quoted from mentions the British Empire twice already, do you really need a third mention at the end to understand what the context is for the quoted part?
We know exactly when Shelley lived. There’s no need to mention that either. It’s a form of bad journalistic fluffing, that in —-a straightforward interpretation— is misleading.
I was going to reply with “it would have been more impressive if she also wrote about climate being a factor”. Assuming the Wikipedia summary is accurate, she does have climate as a major factor. That said, the major and minor details still do not come close to match our reality
I too am missing the connection. Million monkeys and typewriters. Old novel has parallels to modern events, with significant deviations from reality. Author clearly visitor from the future.