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Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus

The 1818 Text

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Marilyn Butler

Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus

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A young Swiss scientist's discovery of the cause of generation leads to the creation of a hideous monster

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