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The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Alice in Wonderland)

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Woman tied to a ducking stool, a method of punishment by means of humiliation, beating, or death. (cucking stool)

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Mary Shelley and the birth of Frankenstein

Mary Shelley and the birth of Frankenstein

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