frankenstein

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun an agency that escapes control and destroys its creator
noun the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation)
noun the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses

*Death of Baron von Frankenstein. — The best short stories of 1919, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
“Your affectionate and afflicted father, “Alphonse Frankenstein. — Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Meantime I go out to-night to see Frankenstein at the theatre. — The Journal of Sir Walter Scott: From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford, Walter Scott

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