A scientist's creation becomes a monster in this classic tale of ambition and horror.
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A scientist's creation becomes a monster in this classic tale of ambition and horror.
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Written when Mary Shelley was 19, this would arrive on the scene under high expectations to see what the young writer of notable literary heritage (her father was William Godwin and her late mother the feminist writer and activist Mary Wollstonecraft) would produce. ‘My husband,’ she writes in an introduction, referring to Percy Bysshe Shelley, ‘was from the first very anxious that I should prove myself worthy of my parentage and enroll myself on the page of fame.’ The novel sprang into creation
What's Inside
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Sexual content
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Mild romance; engagement and marriage without sexual content
Violence & gore
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Multiple murders including a child; corpse use; creature body horror
Profanity
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No profanity present
Substance use
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Brief mentions of wine and medicinal drafts
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ representation present
Religious content
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Biblical allusions, creation themes, and Paradise Lost parallels
Magic & witchcraft
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Early alchemy interest; creation framed as science not magic
Occult / demonology
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Alchemy studies and grave-robbing for body parts
Political content
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Themes of social injustice, ambition, and treatment of outsiders
Self-harm / suicide
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Suicidal ideation; despair and self-destructive obsession
Abuse & suffering
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Child murder; wrongful execution; abandonment and societal cruelty
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