Did you know that in George Orwell's novel 1984, the protagonist Winston Smith lives in a dystopian society ruled by the Party and its leader, Big Brother? The novel explores themes of government surveillance, propaganda, and the loss of individual freedom. Another interesting fact is that Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was first published anonymously in 1818. The novel tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who creates a human-like being known as the Monster. The novel explores themes of ambition, responsibility, and the consequences of playing god. In Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem The Raven, the narrator is visited by a mysterious talking raven that repeats the word Nevermore. The poem is known for its dark and melancholic tone, as well as its exploration of grief, loss, and the supernatural. Lastly, Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961. The novel tells the story of a young girl named Scout Finch and her father, Atticus Finch, a lawyer who defends an African American man falsely accused of raping a white woman. The novel explores themes of racism, empathy, and morality.