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Gothic Horror Classics

Essential works of Gothic literature exploring the supernatural, the sublime, and the darkness within human nature, from Walpole to Poe.

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Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft · 1993

A gifted young scientist creates a grotesque creature, abandons it to horror and rejection, and is pursued across the world by the vengeance of a being whose isolation he could have prevented.