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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. Etc. Why did older novels commonly have subtitles like this? When and why did this practice fall out of favor?

by /u/derstherower in /r/AskHistorians

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