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From this day natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, in the most comprehensive sense of the term, became nearly my sole occupation. Victor frankenstein discovers the secret of animating lifeless matter and, by assembling body parts, creates the monster who has no name in the book. Frankenstein free full audiobook online listen by mary shelley author mary shelley country united kingdom language english genre gothic. Read frankenstein, by author mary wollstonecraft shelley page by page, now. Mary shelley s seminal novel of the scientist whose creation becomes a monster this edition is the original 1818 text, which preserves the hardhitting and politically charged aspects of shelley s original writing, as well as her unflinching wit and strong female voice.
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