Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
1818
Books with the “Sympathetic Monster” trope
A creature rejected by the world that longs for acceptance and warmth but is doomed to rage.
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Characters and archetypes · Sympathetic Monster
Books with this trope
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Laini Taylor
2011
The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski
1993
Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice
1976
Ariadne
Jennifer Saint
2021
I Am Legend
Richard Matheson
1954
The Island of Doctor Moreau
H. G. Wells
1896
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Victor Hugo
1831
Frankenstein in Baghdad
Ahmed Saadawi
2013
The Last Werewolf
Glen Duncan
2011
The Girl with All the Gifts
M. R. Carey
2014
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