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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

Villa Diodati, a large cream-colored mansion with green shutters and a tiled roof, stands on a landscaped hillside surrounded by trees in Cologny, Switzerland.

Portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley by Richard Rothwell, showing her seated with a slight smile, wearing a dark off-the-shoulder dress against a muted background.

Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 film Frankenstein, directed by James Whale, shown in black and white with heavy makeup and bolts on his neck.

Mel Brooks, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Gene Wilder, and Teri Garr pose together in costume on the laboratory set of Young Frankenstein.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and the Birth of Frankenstein

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