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#OnThisDay, 1 Jan 1818, Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' was published anonymously. Her gothic novel was also one of the first science-fiction novels.
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Frontispiece of Frankenstein’s first edition without any author’s name on it.
painting of Mary Shelley by Rothwell. It shows a white woman with sloping shoulders, dark hair and gold glasses.