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Edgar Allen Poe: The Last Man
Edgar Allen Poe is a very famous author of many poems and short stories. Although Edgar Allen Poe is a very successful writer, there are many other various, notorious authors. One of them is Mary Shelley, and another well known artist is William Shakespeare. One of the stories written by Mary Shelley is titled, “Frankenstein” Another is called, “The Last Man.” The well known author, William Shakespeare, wrote “Romeo and Juliet.” He made this story into a romantic play. It was written between the dates 1591-1595. Many people have classified this as a tragic drama. The story,”Frankenstein”, written by Mary Shelley, was published in 1817. It is about a man, who has a deformity. He is put into an abnormal experiment.

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