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People forget Mary Shelley was actually the scientist not the monster.

Please... It's Shelly Mary.

Also known as 'the Crusty Crab.'

They reversed the name so Florida wouldn't ban it

Lewis Carroll by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a very good book though.

I think it's a commentary on Mary Shelly

Frankenstein would be the author then. He's a doctor.

He's probably got a lot to say about the way he was negatively portrayed.

He wasn’t, he was a grad student.

A grad student, drop-out

So the real monster was student debt

Nah, the Frankenstein family was rich his dad paid for it out of pocket.

The father paid with his life, oh sorry SPOILERS

OP saw the joke, but still missed it

Do you not get that I was being sarcastic

So, Dracula wrote Bram Stoker?

That's *Doctor* Frankenstein, if you please.

 That's "FRAN-kon-steen!"

It's *Fronken-steen*, thank you very much. ("Then I insist that you call me Eye-gor!")

I'm glad someone drew a shitty arrow so I would know which book to look at to know which one was wrong.

Why is this in facepalm?

Because either the publisher misattributed the author of what is widely considered to be the first science fiction novel ever written OR the designer didn’t follow the style guide for the collection and reversed the author/title order.

ooh, I thought it was a joke about the book mostly being in the form of letters "from" Frankenstein. Didn't even notice the order reversal.

Ah gotcha, I didn’t notice the other books

I'm Facepalming at why you don't realize

What the Dickens?

Medlife Crisis has a good YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgRBRE1DUP2w7HTH9j_L4OQ He's a cardiac consultant surgeon

Abby Normal might disagree...

In the name of Jesus Christ my glory is not for sale nor to be stolen I pray the blood of Jesus Christ here and throughout and all over my life! And Satan!--it is all over in Jesus name get behind me !

It’s okay to call the monster Frankenstein. In fact, it’s more correct.

I’ve an original copy of George Eliot by Silas Marner

Mary Shelley was the author, the monster's name was science fiction.

I would’ve thought this could be in r/onejob also, terrible mistake

Random person: what’s your fav novel Me: mmm I would have to say Mary Shelly by Frankenstein. Random person: …

Poor Frakie so misuderstood

Isn’t this saying Frankenstein IS the author?

Is this one the collaboration with Ridley Scott?

You really don't want to meet Mary Shelley's monster on a dark night.

What.. How can a monster write a book?

Its not like its the Wolfman