Nogaret Automaton Prefigures Frankenstein Story

28 years before Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, French author François-Félix Nogaret published Le Miroir, a story about an automaton brought to life. In the tale, a doctor named Wak-wik-vauk-on-son-frankénsteïn creates and animates this artificial being. The plot centers on a man-made creature given life by a learned scientist, a setup that closely mirrors the later Frankenstein theme.

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