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Frankenstein
Author: Mary Shelley
First published: 1818
Pages: 215
Frankenstein is a young student, who finding the secret of giving life to matter, creates a living being. But his creation is monstrous, though gentle in nature, and must hide away from society. Increasingly lonely and isolated, the creature plans to take hideous revenge on his creator.
Author: Oscar Wilde
First Published: 1890
Pages: 177
Dorian Gray is a good-natured young man until he discovers the power of his own exceptional beauty. As he gradually sinks deep into a frivolous, glamorous world of selfish luxury, he apparently remains physically unchanged by the stresses of his corrupt lifestyle and untouched by age. But up in his attic, hidden behind a curtain, his portrait tells a different story…