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I'd go with Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, which centers on the artificial creation of life through science. It seems like it would compliment your example well.

Les Miserables, Notre Dame de Paris (aka The Hunchback of Notre Dame), or The Man Who Laughs, all by Victor Hugo. I guarentee there's enough in one of those to fill up ten pages worth of analysis, and they are relatively uncommon on reading lists, especially The Man Who Laughs. (A large part of...