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Frankenstein

Mary Shelley · 1818

280 pages

Victor Frankenstein discovers the secret of life and assembles a living creature from the dead, then abandons it in horror. Lonely and rejected, the creature turns on its maker, and both are drawn into a cycle of guilt and vengeance.

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Mad Scientist, Sympathetic Monster, Morally Grey Character, Gothic, Revenge, Forbidden Knowledge

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