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Why is Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein considered a work of science fiction when it is a representative work of the gothic genre?

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It is often considered to be the first science fiction novel because of how it combines real scientific research with some speculative elements. The novel also has elements of the horror and gothic genres.

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