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Frankenstein Passage Retrieval
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Frankenstein Passage Retrieval is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Retrieves the most relevant verbatim passages from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in response to a question, with chapter and location citations.
Price / call$0.01
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Ask a question about Frankenstein and get back the most relevant passages from the book itself, with chapter and location citations. Retrieval only — full-text search, not a generated summary or answer. No license, no API key required.
Output
A ranked list of verbatim passages from Frankenstein, each accompanied by chapter number and location/position citation within the text. Results are retrieval-based (not generated or summarized), reflecting the actual wording of Mary Shelley's novel.
Example use cases
Literary research on a theme
“Find me the top 10 passages in Frankenstein that deal with Victor's guilt and moral responsibility, including chapter references so I can cite them properly.”
Quote verification for an essay
“I'm writing about the theme of isolation in Frankenstein — can you pull the most relevant passages from the actual text that address the creature's loneliness and sense of abandonment?”
Book club discussion prep
“We're discussing what Frankenstein says about the ethics of creation and playing God — can you retrieve 5 passages from the book itself that would spark the best discussion?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/ask-frankensteinWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need verbatim, citable text from Frankenstein specifically — not a summary, paraphrase, or AI-generated answer. Ideal for literary research, essay writing, quote verification, or any task where the actual wording and location in the source text matters. Prefer this over a general LLM answer when fidelity to the original text is required.
Side effects
- Question too vague to match meaningful passages — returns low-relevance or empty results
- Limit parameter exceeds 15 — may return error or be capped
- Payment not processed correctly — endpoint returns 402 requiring $0.01 USDC via x402
- Question not related to Frankenstein's content — returns irrelevant or no passages
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | Max passages (default 5, max 15) |
| question | string | Your question about the book, e.g. "how does the creature learn to speak?" |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"count": 3,
"title": "Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus",
"author": "Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851",
"method": "full-text retrieval — returns the most relevant passages from the book for your question; no summarization or generation",
"book_id": 84,
"passages": [
{
"text": "…I found that these people possessed a method of communicating their experience and feelings to one another by articulate sounds…",
"chapter": 12,
"location": "chapter 12, passage #210"
}
],
"question": "how does the creature learn to speak"
}
}Tags
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