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Author · 1797–1851

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

English novelist, author of Frankenstein at twenty.

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Frankenstein

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · 1818

Frankenstein is a cautionary gothic tale about the perils of unchecked scientific ambition. The novel follows Victor Frankenstein’s obsessive quest to animate life, the creature’s thirst for vengeance, and the moral fallout for all involved. The brief argues the book’s core is a warning about hubris, while pointing out its dated prose and moral ambiguity.