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“Some years ago, when the images which this world affords first opened upon me, when I felt the cheering warmth of summer and heard the rustling of the leaves and the warbling of the birds, and these were all to me, I should have wept to die; now it is my only consolation.”

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Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus is a seminal work of Gothic fiction that delves into the consequences of scientific ambition and the moral implications of creating life. The story follows the protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, as he attempts to bring a dead body to life and the subsequent chaos that ensues. more

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Mary Shelley

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