Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
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A morally serious Gothic novel about creation, abandonment, responsibility and revenge, with opportunities to discuss scientific power and the treatment of outsiders alongside unsettling violence.
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Mary Shelley
A morally serious Gothic novel about creation, abandonment, responsibility and revenge, with opportunities to discuss scientific power and the treatment of outsiders alongside unsettling violence.
Patrick Ness
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Ravena Guron
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Darren Simpson
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