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    300 Years of Transmedia Adaptation

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  • Frankenstein Retold

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    Series series Gothic Legacies
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  • The Cambridge Companion to Frankenstein

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    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
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  • The Cambridge Companion to Popular Fiction

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    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
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