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Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley · 1818

Classics · ranked #10 in category

A scientist creates life and abandons it, with consequences for both — the founding myth of science fiction, written when the author was barely twenty.

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The verdict

Category
Classics
First published
1818 · 1810s
Author
Mary Shelley
Standing
Essential Read

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