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And there's always Frankenstein, although only the beginning and ending take place in the Arctic.

60. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (classic/horror) ** I read this via dailylit.com emails and found that it took forever to get through. It was only 84 parts, I thought it would be a quick read to cross off the 1001 books to read list, but it was a bit of a slog for me, thought it would ...

>53: Your review of Frankenstein made me laugh. I had to read it earlier this year for a class and I had the exact same opinion of Frankenstein. He's a whiny little man afraid to take responsibility for his own mistakes. It's nice to see someone else thought the same thing!

I'll second Frankenstein

3) Stuff I shoulda read already 1. Dracula 2. Frankenstein 3. Paradise Lost 4. Catch 22 5. Lord of the Flies 6. The Iliad 7. The Odessy 8. 9. 10.

I'm nominating Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

17. Frankenstein - ***½ stars. Never knew the whole story, have quite a bit of sympathy for the monster, none for the Doc - and what a whiner! (I know, it was the writing style of the time, but geez.)

I finished Frankenstein, which I surprisingly enjoyed, considering I don't normally like classics. However, I haven't read one since high school, and those books were of subjects I wasn't interested in and were forced upon me... Tomorrow I plan to start The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson.

72. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Pages: 228 Rating: 4/5 This is the first classic I've read since high school. It's also probably the first classic I've ever read that I've enjoyed. Attribute to maturity or simply that it's a genre that I actually like, I don't know, but I might have to ...

I'm about half way through Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, and mostly really enjoying it so far! :)

... was written in letter form (Anne of Windy Poplars from memory), though it's definitely not my favourite in the series. Frankenstein begins with a series of letters, though I can't remember if it was letters the whole way through. Also, as mentioned above, it's not fiction but 84, Charing ...

I don't like SF that is basically a Frankenstein-type story about Things Man Was Not Meant To Know. Especially when it is about a technology that is at its early stages of development or just around the corner. Jurasic Park is one instance.

... then The Historian sometime this winter break/early next semester. I would not blame you in the least if you pass up Frankenstein for LotR, theaelizabet. Frankenstein is a good book, especially interesting for its adoption of Romantic ideals regarding nature, but The Lord of ...

... it to be one of the most well-written books ever. I've known people who expected it to be like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde or Frankenstein and came away disappointed. Leroux was a journalist (along with many other things; the story of his life and escapades would make for a fascinating novel too!) ...

#4- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Loved reading this! Interesting to me as Frankenstein has become such a part of popular culture, yet the book was different than I expected. I liked how the horror of the book was largely in the mind of Dr Frankenstein, anguishing about the terror he ...

#4- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Loved reading this! Interesting to me as Frankenstein has become such a part of popular culture, yet the book was different than I expected. I liked how the horror of the book was largely in the mind of Dr Frankenstein, anguishing about the terror he ...

... John Galsworthy. It's over 42 hours long and I'm only on part 11, but I am enjoying it so far. I've also been reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley via dailylit, I'm about half way finished with that one. I'm almost finished with Old Man's War by John Scalzi which so far has been ...

... they got "confused" by the multiple narrators (even though each was assigned a specific section). I was also informed that Frankenstein "is really, really horrible." They read for plot only, and they expect fast action and happy endings. Forget about an appreciation of style or an author with ...

... be able to finish it in time! Ficus & divinenanny- Both very nice hauls! From my sister (bless her heart): Dracula & Frankenstein combo from International Collectors Library. Nice! From library sale: America America by Ethan Canin I did not even know what this book was about but I' ...

3. I just want to Celebrate. Halloween Frankenstein by Mary Shelley I was surprised by the "monster" not at all like the movie. Much better then the movie.

Oh! I'm just finishing Frankenstein now. Quite the verbose monster! Moving onto The Old Curiosity Shop next. I used to enjoy Dickens a lot in school and am looking forward to getting reacquainted.

Oh! I'm just finishing Frankenstein now. Quite the verbose monster! Moving onto The Old Curiosity Shop next. I used to enjoy Dickens a lot in school and am looking forward to getting reacquainted.

... finished Atonement and Dirk Gently's Holistice Detective Agency. I have started Herzog and then am going to move onto Frankenstein.

I just finished Frankenstein for about the 10th time (I was teaching it again). Ditto for The Merchant of Venice.

Monsters R' Us 1.Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 2. Ghoul by Michael Slade 3. Wild Wood by John Farris 4. Ludlow's Mill by R.R. Walters 5. Cold Moon Over Babylon by Michael McDowell 6. The Search for Bigfoot Monster, Myth or Man? by Peter Byrne 7.Buffy the Vampire S ...

Frankenstein for a Hallowe'en thrill!

... Beckford 6. The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne 7. Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe 8. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 9. 10.

... of Tony Last is hysterical - I wish I could share it, without giving the plot away, but I can't, so I won't! 102) Frankenstein - Mary Shelley 999 Category 2 - Unfinished books (3/9) This has been hanging around on various threads this month and as I'm not doing very well in ...

341. Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi 10/23/09 342. The Art of War by Sun Tzu 10/24/09 343. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 10/24/09 344. Wittgenstein's Nephew by Thomas Bernhard 10/24/09 345. Adieu by Honoré de Balzac 10/25/09

341. Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi 10/23/09 342. The Art of War by Sun Tzu 10/24/09 343. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 10/24/09 344. Wittgenstein's Nephew by Thomas Bernhard 10/24/09 345. Adieu by Honoré de Balzac 10/25/09

I've just started The Original Frankenstein edited by Charles Robinson .

Book #92 - Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus - Mary Shelley - Finished October 19, 2009 I was planning to read Dracula with the Halloween group, and then my son got bit by a cat, and I couldn't read anything about biting. So, when I found Frankenstein on CD, I decided it might be ...

... tomorrow. I kept wishing that their aneurism would hurry up and burst! 199> Oh, you definitely want the full version of Frankenstein--with a good reader and not a "dramatized" version. Part of what's so lovely about the novel is its structure: Shelley uses a framing device, which means that ...

... I think I'll let this one sink to the bottom. But your review really gave me a chuckle. I am two or three books from Frankenstein. I just got the audio book from Barnes and Noble and to my great dismay, I just realized that its an abridged version. Ughhh. When the emperor was divine ...

... I read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, then I read The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, and now I'm into Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe. I really loved both The Graveyard Book and The Woman in White, as they were not what I ...

I've never read Frankenstein, but hearing you call it "awesome" makes me think that maybe I should. Thanks!

I'm rereading Frankenstein for three of the classes I'm teaching.

42 & 45 - Hmmm, Frankenstein I get, but Dracula? Perhaps it is the mood as much as the techno bits?

... I read Fish Can Sing and often had a similar reaction to things in that book. I finishing The Woman in White and Frankenstein. First time reading both and enjoying them.

... speare. 88. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. It has been awhile since I taught this play. 89. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Awesome! So much to talk about when teaching this one--multiple themes, structure, foils, etc.

... thrown in for good measure. In other ways it reveals the effects of the hubris of a scientist who goes beyond even Dr. Frankenstein in his quest to become a god creating his own life forms. This is a ripping good tale in a small volume that provides plenty of suspense and horror in ...

47. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

... often past midnight) and absolutely loved. I really don't think of it as a 'horror' story, just like I don't think Frankenstein falls into this category. To me they are masterpieces, and rightfully belong on the shelf with great works of literature. ETA: I was thumb #15.

... easy to read. With Dumas you might be intimidated by the length but the language is very easy so it goes by so quickly. Frankenstein is another good one that people have already suggested. Truman Capote's In Cold Blood (more of a modern classic) is also excellent. So as people ...

Thank you, tiffin. Nice to have a few fans. :-) I have heard only good thing about Frankenstein over the last few years. I think I fear that it will make me too sad.

... nonetheless). Books like The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. If you like horror you could start with Frankenstein by Mary Shelley or Dracula by Bram Stoker. As you can see the possibilities are endless. Start wherever you feel comfortable and most importantly ...

I would recommend Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Not really a horror story and very different from any of the movies.

... owe my 15 minutes of fame to you! I don't read horror, either, lindsacl. This is my first. Maybe next year I'll go for Frankenstein, now that I've taken the plunge. And Mary Shelly is a writer I owe it to myself to read. But it stops there! :-) I don't think I'll go much further with ...

... myself, now. It's been much too long, and I do remember being almost as surprised by Dracula in the original as I was by Frankenstein. (Those of you who say you don't read "horror", and haven't read that one---really, you must. It's a heart-breaker.)

... a great book and it has the "mood" of a classic. The language is easier than Hawthorne or Hardy. I also like to recommend Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Silas Marner by George Eliot, Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton and anything by Willa Cathe ...

... (Bradbury loves to tie those lessons in!). I recommend this one, especially to fans of either genre. Having already read Frankenstein, Dracula, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and something else on Blackdogbook's suggested Halloween list, I'm currently reading Creepers, The Woman in White, ...

... Guo France - All the World's Mornings by Pascal Quignard Italy - Imperium by Robert Harris Switzerland - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The best so far is A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers. It has an impossible touchstone. Right now it's in contention ...

A couple of books more I had read but missed: 915. The Nose Nikolay Gogol 928. Frankenstein Mary Shelley Then, after another discussion here, I proceeded to make a list of books I have started but for one reason or another never finished, 20 in total 216. Perfume Patrick Süskind 233. ...

9. I just want to Celebrate- Holidays Halloween 81. Frankenstein read 10-25-2009 82. Dracula read 10-29-2009 83. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde read 10-20-2009 Christmas 84. A Christmas Carol read 11-25-2009 85. The Christmas Train 86. Louisa May Alcott's Christmas Treasury read 1 ...

... for children L- True North Book 1: Fight For the Frozen Frontier by Jeff Lemire M- Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan S- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley T- Tales From Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan

... for children L- True North Book 1: Fight For the Frozen Frontier by Jeff Lemire M- Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan S- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley T- Tales From Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan

... easily. As for five books I really like, in no particular order: Maria McCann's As Meat Loves Salt Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin George R.R Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire Sarah Monette's Melusine & its sequels\ To honeydew: if you liked T ...

... this evil side? The book is quite short (it's a novella) and is totally worth the day or two it would take to read it. 3.Frankenstein or, the modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley (1831) First thing first - this book, considered by many to be the first Science Fiction novel was written by an ...

... with Big Ben on it. The real question is, what in heavens name will I use with my next two The Graveyard Book and Frankenstein.

This week I'll be starting A Dirty Job . This month I'm gonna purchase The Original Frankenstein which has been edited by Charles Robinson .

I'm finishing up Frankenstein and moving on to Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles. After that, I imagine I'll be on Idlewild by Nick Sagan, with luck. I've had Edenborn by him for a year or so and couldn't read it because I didn't have the first book. Thank god for ...

... the Black on Mount TBR 925 Last of the Mohicans 926 The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner 931 Frankenstein 932 Northanger Abbey 933 Persuasion 936 Emma 937 Mansfield Park 938 Pride and Prejudice 940 Sense and Sensibility 942 Castle Rackrent 949 ...

Haven't read Dracula yet, but I did really like Frankenstein. 128 -I find that separating the book from whatever it is based on makes for better enjoyment of both. Take Harry Potter or even Kathy Reichs "Bones" series - the Harry moves are closer to the books than the TV series "Bones" is to ...

Finished Dracula by Bram Stoker today, fantastic novel. Now I get to start Frankenstein by Mary Shelley in my effort to find out which horror novel reigns supreme! Or at least, is the best to me. I have a feeling it'll be a draw.

Frankenstein (aka mad scientist)

... .." That is so well put, Jim. I wish I had said it! :-) #63 flissp On the other hand, I will highly recommend Frankenstein! The first time I read it I was sure I was going to hate it--forget the movies, the book is really good 19th century gothic. #64 gug Elize, I'll be ...

Hey I have an idea! Why don't we read some horror book together! Let's read Frankenstein, I want to read it really badly. So we can go back on topic again.

OK, seems like I'm going to have to give Frankenstein another go, from all these comments...

... for me. I have tried and enjoyed several other books this way. Hopefully the next one will be better, I'm going to start Frankenstein next.

... at the Bottom of the Pie by Bradley 167. Best Friends Forever by Weiner 168. Geography of Bliss by Weiner 169. Frankenstein by Shelley 170. Villa Serena by de Rosa 171. Bride Island by Enders 172. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Doyle 173. World Without End by Follett 174. Six ...

... Best of Roald Dahl L- True North Book 1: Fight For the Frozen Frontier by Jeff Lemire M- Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan S- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley T- Tales From Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan

... hard enough, so I've tried to choose some books that I hope they will find interesting. The only classic they will read is Frankenstein, with which I've always had success.

On the Frankenstein note - has anyone read A Monster's Notes? A friend brought it to my attention, but he hadn't actually read it.

... Oates commenting on Frankenstein -- sounds appropriate. Her books are dark and somewhat spooky. I confess, I never read Frankenstein or Dracula. Perhaps I'll read them in October for Halloween.

Heh. I just picked up an annotated version of Frankenstein today with some commentary by Joyce Carol Oates in it. It may get added to our October list, bdb.

... books - some kids books for use as presents, a two-volume set of David Eddings' Belgariad series, an annotated copy of Frankenstein, The Bone Collector, James Rollins's Subterranean, three books by local Maryland writers (two mysteries and a relationship comedy), a couple of ...

... surprised me. I won't be reading The Wood Wife. I'm behind on Dracula and from there I'll read either I Am Legend or Frankenstein. I got tickets for the Legend Night in Sleepy Hollow, NY in October. I'm very excited!

... What a really great read. A psychological horror story equal to Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and, like Shelley's Frankenstein, questions our innate sense of what is unnatural. More super Halloween reading. The Bride of Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer. This is the quintessential Sax Rohmer ...

GUG, I think you might enjoy Frankenstein more than you did Dracula. It is one of my favorite books.

... faithful drnuetron was the one I recall reading the annotated version. I seem to remember a similar version coming out for Frankenstein recently. I am reading the Poe shorts and have finished Murder at the Rue Morgue and have started the sequel. I was a bit put off by the first in the first ...

... from the library today for appropriate October reading (this is my version of horror, because I'm a wimp; I might also read Frankenstein).

134 - I'd recommend trying Frankenstein, but then I haven't read Dracula yet, so I may be prejudiced. I just found, after much trepidation and procrastination, that Frankenstein was a great book and an easy read - enjoy. In case you don't know me, I am a classicphobe and while I know I'll ...

... than lack of enjoyment, I think)... so now my dilemma is whether to take a break from my ABC Challenge to read Dracula or Frankenstein??? Glad I've found you anyway - I have you starred!

... them along). By 15 I had started reading a good deal of classic horror and gothic lit like Wuthering Heights and Frankenstein. I was also addicted to teen "horrors" by authors like L. J. Smith, and was first introduced to Terry Pratchett. By 20 I was in graduate school, and most ...

... Prose Q - All the World's Mornings by Pascal Quignard R - Comfort Me with Apples by Ruth Reichl S - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley T U V W -A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelocanth by Samantha Weinberg X - Y Z - The Shadow of the Wind by C ...

I am planning on Mary Shelly's Frankenstein . Hopefully I'll be able to purchase an annotated copy .

What a tremendous review, Eliza. I really need to read Dracula at some point in time along with Frankenstein.

Hi, I finished Frankenstein practically in one sitting - I was in bed and falling asleep or I would have finished it right then and there. It was really good and so unlike how the movies have presented the story - no Boris Karloff here (not even Peter Boyle!!)

I am done with Frankenstein. Se 61 here for my thoughts on it. Am glad I read it. Although I planned to read Lost Symbol next, I think I may actually read The Story Girl first, it's shorter, and on my table right now.

Keep trying on Name of the Rose - it is good. I am almost finished with Frankenstein and I only started it yesterday! It is such an easy read and quite a good one as well and it's considered a classic!!!! I am so glad (once again) that I found LT as it has steered me to give so many books a ...

... en 3. Pride and Prejudice 4. The Count of Monte Cristo 5. O Pioneers by Willa Cather ***** 12/1/09 6. Frankenstein ***½ 11/23/09 7. The Good Earth 8. Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer 9. Bridge of San Luis Rey 10. Fahrenheit 451

... on Time Traveler's Wife, went and saw it in the theater. This is probably why my interest has waned. Oh well. I borrowed Frankenstein, hope to start that soon. ( I guess touchstones is throwing a tantrum. . .)

>63, You're welcome! I also found this link, Planet Ebook, which has Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Island of Doctor Moreau in ebook form, to download for free! They also have lots of other classics.

One more down in the Star Trek Destiny series - A Singular Destiny. Now onto Frankenstein and then Lost Symbol.

52. Frankenstein book 3 Dead and Alive by Dean Koontz

... House of the Seven Gables and The Woman in White in my TBR. And The Strange Case of Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde and Frankenstein, for that matter. I'm going to try to get to some of them in the next few weeks. And I might add The Turn of the Screw into the mix, as well.

... The Bible According to Mark Twain and will also now read A Singular Destiny and, I think, I shall also try and tackle Frankenstein.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 1) Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10)

... a lot better. The rest I have read as well. I think the best one is Dracula, purely from a storytelling standpoint. Frankenstein is a decent read as well for a horror/scifi novel. For Halloween this year I am reading House of Leaves, if anyone is interested in that book as a Hallowee ...

... start on The House of Seven Gables anyway. I also have The Woman in White on my October TBR pile. Others on my pile are Frankenstein, I am Legend, Doctor Faustus, Shutter Island and The Book of Lost Things.

51.Frankenstein book 2 City of Night by Dean Koontz Still good and fast-paced...

... a hundred years old is automatically juvenile; Jules Verne, The Three Musketeers, Robinson Crusoe, H. G. Wells, Frankenstein, etc. In a hundred years will Jurassic Park be dismissed as juvenile? (Edit: It seems that it is in fact private. Which seems a little odd, since ...

... they certainly aren't defining characteristics of it - merely popular modern interpretations. faerie tale, dracula, frankenstein, the paradise war infinity concerto are all urban fantasy in my book, some were written before the genre gained that name though. Perhaps you'll like lo ...

50. Frankenstein book 1 Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz Man am I late... thankfully this last book was easy, breezy as my concentration isn't quite up to par right now... Onto book 2...

73. Frankenstein de Mary Shelley On croit connaître l'histoire mais on est complètement dérouté par le roman! En effet, la culture populaire a transformé ce monstre né fragile psychiquement et recherchant l'amour. Roman type du style gothique, il attache beaucoup d'mportance aux ...

... dead than alive off a passing ice flow. After several weeks aboard, he's recovered enough to tell us his name and Viktor Frankenstein is about to tell his story.

... dead than alive off a passing ice flow. After several weeks aboard, he's recovered enough to tell us his name and Viktor Frankenstein is about to tell his story.

5. Gothic 1. The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole 2. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

I read Frankenstein this year and was unprepared for such a "learned" monster. It was an interesting but not compelling read. I just finished Moby Dick and, while I knew there was going to be alot about whaling, I did not expect such a lack of story narrative and characterization. As I've ...

... about life as it is interpreted by books." In it, Mendelson explores seven novels, all written by women: 1. Birth: Frankenstein 2. Childhood: Wuthering Heights 3. Growth: Jane Eyre 4. Marriage: Middlemarch 5. Love: Mrs. Dalloway 6. Parenthood: To the Lighthouse 7. the Fut ...

... Little Girls in Blue - 9/15/09 8) The Bible According to Mark Twain - 9/18/09 9) A Singular Destiny - 9/18/09 10) Frankenstein - 9/20/09

I just finished another almost-classic: Siddartha. I too was very surprised upon reading Frankenstein. It wasn't anything like the early movies, nor was it very Mel Brooks-ian, for that matter.

... about life as it is interpreted by books." In it, Mendelson explores seven novels, all written by women: 1. Birth: Frankenstein 2. Childhood: Wuthering Heights 3. Growth: Jane Eyre 4. Marriage: Middlemarch 5. Love: Mrs. Dalloway 6. Parenthood: To the Lighthouse 7. the Fut ...

... about life as it is interpreted by books." In it, Mendelson explores seven novels, all written by women: 1. Birth: Frankenstein 2. Childhood: Wuthering Heights 3. Growth: Jane Eyre 4. Marriage: Middlemarch 5. Love: Mrs. Dalloway 6. Parenthood: To the Lighthouse 7. the Fut ...

Challenge dates: October 1, 2009 - October 1, 2010 Here are my categories and some preliminary titles for 2010. Might as well really ...

Back to good old horror classics: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. I can't believe she was 19 when she wrote this book!

I'm thoroughly enjoying Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Her monster is way more compelling than the one found in cartoons!

I Say Old Chap Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - how can one get through life without reading this? Short, sweet and somewhat disturbing all in one. A Passage to India by E.M. Forster. I have finally finished this one (figured it was about time!) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and ...

... Ride Hell's Chasm by Janny Wurts fantasy ***** 59. Grave Goods by Ariana Franklin (historical mystery) **** 60. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (classic/horror) ** Short Stories: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman **** The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield ...

... because I was very aware of the devices James uses to create atmosphere (a symptom of dissecting The Woman in White and Frankenstein at school??). He does do this very well, dropping in little references that a late Victorian reader would recognise to reinforce that this is a mysterious ...

... fiction with dragons as the sole "fantasy" element. And, of course, mention must be made of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, often considered to be the first science-fiction novel. :) (Lee, Bradley, Shelley and Novik won't touchstone for some reason, but they do, of couse, have ...

... Shelley channeling Dice Clay) that I don't want to read the book. Btw, one of the favorable reviews on Amazon refers to Frankenstein as "a great piece of american literature." The Cobain quote reminds me of the oft-quoted poem "This Be the Verse" by Philip Larkin (1922-1985), Poet Laureat ...

... an epistolary novel (a novel composed all of letters), which is one of my favourite forms (Austen's Lady Susan, Shelley's Frankenstein). Written in the late 1700s, Dangerous Liaisons is the correspondance of a group of French aristocrats who have an awful lot of time on their hands. What ...

... Letter 905. Vanity Fair Great 911. The Pit and the Pendulum 921. Eugenie Grandet Vaugely remember it... 931. Frankenstein hmm... not as good as I'd built it up to be

... / if any are on the 1001 list if that’s the list of books you’re mainly going for, but books like woman in white or Frankenstein should surely be read as representatives of their respective genres? But this is just a list I use, it’s not a list I’m suggesting or pushing to you … ...

... though. I would have liked to read more Greek books The Odyssey Aeneid The Last Days of Socrates. I second Frankenstein it's a great book. I'd also recommend The Golden Warrior although that might take a lot of work for summer and Things Fall Apart.

... me when I think of it. I don't read many classics, but there are a few I think I would have enjoyed at school: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The Time Machine by H. G. Wells Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Possibly Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, although ...

... me when I think of it. I don't read many classics, but there are a few I think I would have enjoyed at school: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The Time Machine by H. G. Wells Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Possibly Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, although ...

... Read the book, have a discussion, sure... but making it a chore about defining 20 words per chapter hardly made me love Frankenstein. The exposure to books is good, the making it seem like an uninteresting labour is bad.

... it. I've kind of given up on teaching anything too literary or written before 1960 in gen ed classes (but I'm sneaking in Frankenstein, which they seemed to enjoy last semester--I used lots of film clips!)

I should take your Into to Lit class. I should read Frankenstein, I liked When the Emperor Was Divine, and I want to read Q & A and Proof. I might have to cut class on the night of Girl With a Pearl Earring, though...

... where boys are concerned!) and others I've picked up, that I absolutely love teaching (Hamlet, Wuthering Heights, Frankenstein, The Catcher in the Rye and The Great Gatsby - the latter two especially when paired up with "American Beauty".) I would have loved to read Rebecca in ...

... of many trivia questions that were devised based on "the leading" or "the title" role in the classic movie version of Frankenstein. Boris Karloff had the former (the Monster) and didnʻt have the latter (Frankenstein himself). So, to the screenwriter, at least, the Monster not just a ...

The monster from Frankenstein.

... 00's! 1800's Persuasion Northanger Abbey Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park Emma Frankenstein The Nose The Fall of the House of Usher The Pit and the Pendulum The Purloined Letter The Scarlet Letter Villette The Count of Monte-Cristo ...

16. Frankenstein - Mary Shelly (4 stars) A bit "gothic", wordy, and tedious at times, but the thoughts/emotions behind the story were moving and had a somewhat modern feel for such an old novel. I wished they were better written/developed. One of my Folio Society books with very good ...

Holes by Louis Sachar Russka by Edward Rutherford Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Unwind by Neal Shusterman Anybodies by N.E. Bode

18. Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus (July)

... you mean. Perhaps it's more on a subconscious level and a greater influence than I realize. I have a few older editions of Frankenstein and Dracula that I could never get into and I think part of it was the typeface. Also...I agree that layout in non-fiction can make a HUGE difference. Gladwel ...

I'm reading Fragment by Warren Fahy and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Both are interesting, though half the people I though were going to be main characters in Fragment died around page 50.

I agree I was shocked when I read Frankenstein it was so much better than anything I had seen (no I couldn't watch Kenneth Branagh's version). Mind you I hear there was a burlesque version in 19th century.. the mind boggles but it might of been amusing! oops bracket misplacement

Does anyone know of any science fiction books published prior to 1900 (besides the obvious, Frankenstein)? I know of several, mostly found through Wikipedia, but I'm still wondering how many others are out there.

Classics 1) Lord Jim - 8/25/09 2) The Bible According to Mark Twain - 9/18/09 3) Frankenstein - 9/20/09

... I make a reference to, and expect to be understood, in the general populace. Very few, if I am to judge. Dracula and Frankenstein are books I wouldn't expect many to have read, but they would be recognized, and the plot known to some degree. From childhood most everybody are familiar ...

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... by Mark Harris Why Evolution is True by Jerry A. Coyne The Trouble with Physics by Lee Smolin Frankenstein by Mary Shelley There are also some short Best Books Ever lists on a variety of subjects. For example, Bob Woodward recommmends four books on Political S ...

... lope 18. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain 19. Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy 20. Frankenstein – Mary Shelley 21. Ivanhoe – Sir Walter Scott 22. Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson 23. Cranford – Elizabeth Gaskell 24 ...

... the first book a couple years ago, but I never got into it. And I have never read the Hunchback of Notre Dame, but Frankenstein is pretty good, and Dracula was great! You picked a good set of classics to read!

... This week I'm going to take a break from series to get through three classics that I've had on my shelf for a while: Frankenstein, Dracula, and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.

Finished Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. The contents were pretty transgressive but the writing very straightforward, I'm not sure what to think of it - I don't think she realised what she was writing. Starting Love's Labour's Lost by Shakespeare.

... Much Ado About Nothing which was very smart and funny, I loved it. I'd love to see it on stage one day. Now starting Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

... (but not uncharacteristically) I've forgotten the other titles that I might have mentioned in passing -- other than Frankenstein -- so do prompt me. Brain = Ricotta Cheese these days!

#72 Frankenstein, or the modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley. It's not the worst I've read, but I can't say I really enjoyed it. Still, a much needed addition to the "classics"- category. I had no sympathy at all for dr Frankenstein, that may be why I didn't enjoy the book so much.

... in the Time of Cholera The Godfather A Farewell to Arms Kidnapped Saturday The Colour Purple Jane Eyre Frankenstein

... the format of Nietzche's aphorisms may light the path. I have started using bold headings in these types of comments. See Frankenstein, above, for example. Finally, there are other issues which deserve touching on, at least. What is man to be judged good or bad, is there good and bad, what ...

... model of how the world works. And part of that is the set of stories that are part of our common culture, our myths. In Frankenstein, William was scared of the ogre. In my day, we were scared by Frankenstein (or Reg, as I have called him). Is this part of a collective unconscious? That's ...

... at least write a literary criticism of Moby-Dick, if not Moby-Dick itself, as yet. (On a side note, I am re-reading Frankenstein for this thread, which is rife with imbued and indued). Descartes and Turing both had something to say about machine intelligence(http://plato.stanford.edu/e ...

... of Life by Edward Mendelson. I was intrigued by the title of this book as well as the list of novels to be discussed-Frankenstein,Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Between the Acts. Having read three of the books, I wanted to see ...

... of Life by Edward Mendelson. I was intrigued by the title of this book as well as the list of novels to be discussed-Frankenstein,Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Between the Acts. Having read three of the books, I wanted to see ...

... of Life by Edward Mendelson. I was intrigued by the title of this book as well as the list of novels to be discussed-Frankenstein,Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Between the Acts. Having read three of the books, I wanted to see ...

... of Life by Edward Mendelson. I was intrigued by the title of this book as well as the list of novels to be discussed-Frankenstein,Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Between the Acts. Having read three of the books, I wanted to see ...

... What Seven Classic Novels Have to Say About the Stages of Life by Edward Mendelson. The first books discussed were Frankenstein,and Wuthering Heights. I am just reading the chapter on Jane Eyre.

I absolutely did not plan on buying any more books before July, but I just got a coupon. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens Oranges are not the Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson Circus Shoes - Noel Streatfeild And without any coupon: As You Like It ...

You could try Frankenstein, but i found it light on detailed instructions. Good luck!

Now how did I miss this thread? BOOKS The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Way too many to list, really.) AUTHORS Ian McEwan Jhumpa Lahiri Jude Morgan William Shake ...

... I wouldn't really recommend it to anyone unless they like stuff about Dracula, Romanian history or older horror novels like Frankenstein or Dracula.

I haven't read Frankenstein (yet) but I have read Dracula

... job of exploring vigilantism than batman. can i recommend brian vaughan's Y: The Last Man? i see you've just read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. I'm pretty sure brian vaughan's work was inspired by her The Last Man. i hoped you enjoyed Good Omens. i'm reading blind Assassin ...

... read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (although two copies arrived at my place this week - weird), but i have read Frankenstein.

3.Science Fiction World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks Hater by David Moody Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley Project 17 by Laurie Faria Stolarz Streams of Babel by Carol Plum-Ucci Eragon by Christopher Paolini ...

... saying "hi" on your new thread. What a great list of books you have read this year! I'll just mention that when I read Frankenstein a few years ago for a book group I was very surprised how much I enjoyed it. Forget the movies! It's a terrific (in both senses of the word) story. It has a ...

... Mr Hyde, who holds the virtuous citizen Dr Jekyll in his blackmailing thrall! There were quite a few parallels with Frankenstein, which I was just teaching not that long ago, but it was interesting to contrast Jekyll's motivations for his scientific endeavours, with Frankenstein's. But I ...

Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein when she was 18 or so, and Sherman Alexie started writing when he was very young, but those are the only two teenage I can think of offhand whose writing is actually interesting to adults.

Finished Frankenstein today. It took me the longest time to pick a book to read--I started and stopped four different books in the past two months (3 being TBR and 1 a new acquisition). I didn't dislike anything I'd started; I just wasn't particularly engaged by anything. I finally decided it ...

... were all my fault, so I'm happy to share the blame or credit for it, depending on how you like the book. ;-) I have Frankenstein hanging around here somewhere and should probably read it sometime soon. I'm impressed with all the classics you've read and are reading this year!

#150: Oooh I still need to read Frankenstein! Glad to hear you liked it. :) Am putting it on my wishlist so I won't forget about it. Hope you have a lovely day!

... 26. Eyebeam, Therefore I Am by Sam Hurt 27. Eenie Meenie Minie Tweed . . . Eyebeam in the Real World by Sam Hurt 28. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Well, I haven't finished a book in a while! I am currently reading The Forsyte Saga, War and Peace, Anna Karenina, The Stand, Don ...

... year but no garauntees. I too am getting ready for Senior Prom, Post Prom party and then Graduation and a party. Frankenstein looks like a book I may have to pick up at B&N this weekend. I just wanted to stop in and say hello to all!!

... to Finland. Judging from my progress so far, I need to concentrate on older-than-me books more than anything. My son has Frankenstein checked out of the library right now, maybe I'll give it a go before returning it.

... of course) Do you, Bonnie and I all three have 2 daughters? And as this IS LT, watcha reading now? You did just finish Frankenstein, right? Blessings on your day. belva

I finished my fourth book for the tbr challenge, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. I thought that this book was terrific. I can't believe that I had never read it all these years. So far, I have been enjoying these tbr books. I hope that it stays that way! :) Have a great day! --BJ

I finished another book, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. I was going to list this under the 1001 category; however, I discovered that more film adaptations of this book have been made than of any other work of fiction. So I just had to list it in book to screen. This was a terrific book and ...

28. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. I just finished this book and thought it was terrific. It was a story about how people treat each other and was quite sad. It was also a classic horror tale. Just enough, not too much! I discovered that this novel has had more film adaptations than any other ...

Thanks, koalamom! 28. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. This story was written by Ms. Shelley at the age of 18. She came from a family of writers and it shows. I especially enjoyed all the insights into this story that were provided by the notes at the end. The timeline provided by the editors ...

Hey, pj77! I finally finished Frankenstein, and I thought that it was a magnificent story. I agree that it was a story of the human condition and quite sad. But I did think that it had it's horrific moments, too. (Not, however, to the Stephen King level there!) I am so glad that I finally ...

Went to the Friends' booksale on Saturday and picked up a copy of Frankenstein and also Dracula and will eventually read them to see if what this thread has been saying about them is true.

Book sale over - for me. Got a few Grishams and Francises and Frankenstein, Dracula and Emma and a copy of Lord Jim to broaden by reading. Also picked up some M.H. Clark that I had missed along the line and a few others, but since I already put them away, they are indistinguishable from ...

... books" (and I definitely need a time management course as well---in my therapy they call it "structure"), I know the one is Frankenstein but what is the second? I am still on Anne of Green Gables and then on to "Harry" the 4th book so I'm enjoying what I am reading now and looking forward to ...

Hey BJ....I read Frankenstein last year and I really enjoyed it, but I didn't find it has 'horrifying' as I expected it to be and really enjoyed the exploration of the human condition. I found parts of the story quite saddening too. I'd love to hear what you think when you finish. I hope you ...

... good for me, classics and all :) So I found a lovely spreadsheet equipped program with the list and went from there. 1.Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 2.The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo 3.A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 4.Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol ...

... of Our Discontent by Steinbeck For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemingway The Stand by King Farenheit 451 by Bradbury Frankenstein by Shelley A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The Virginian by Wister All the Pretty Horses by McCarthy

... * 6- The purloined letter * 7- A tale of two cities * 8- The yellow wallpaper * 9- Sense and sensibility 10- Frankenstein 11- Last of the Mohicans 12- The hunchback of Notre Dame * 13- The nose * 14- The fall of the house of Usher * 15- The pit and the pendulum * 16 ...

... myself as a fan of 'Horror' as a genre, but find that I have actually read a few of the books you have been discussing eg. Frankenstein, Dracula, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and that I enjoyed each and every one of them very much. In the Horror genre, can I suggest some ...

... to see if it is for you. I don't really read much SF, so I am not sure if this is typical of the genre. Next stop, Frankenstein! --BJ

... it before making your purchase to see if it looks good to you. My next stop, oddly appropriate, after that last book, is Frankenstein. Have a great day! --BJ

... toward changes in life science and not so much physical science. And in an oddly appropriate change in book, I started Frankenstein today! More life science! --BJ

Can I get a copy, too? I think Frankenstein is very interesting and I would like to read your views. I'm the same as Stasia. Like learning new things and the education process but never finished college. (only Technical school)

... never read it. It's the first story and it's not too long. I found it entertaining and a good story to compare styles with Frankenstein.

I had to laugh at your comments about Frankenstein! I'm sure I would feel the same way after reading it - it's one of the classics I've managed to miss out on so far... Gotta love Persuasion though!

... book! Grr.... EDIT: Although I must admit, I'm kind of looking forward to writing my 10-page paper over how all of Frankenstein was actually Victor's fault and though he thought it was his destiny to create mass mayhem and chaos, it was his choices that led to the multitude of deaths in ...

Thanks for the review of Frankenstein. This one is still on my tbr list. Hope your next book will be better. :)

... border:1px solid black src=http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1593081154.01._SX140_SY225_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg> Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Rating: 3/5 I love how many different meanings you can get out of this book. The dangers of messing around nature, masculinity versus ...

... the most difficult book you've ever read? Gothic literature is hard for me to get through. I'm really struggling through Frankenstein right now. Dickens can be hard too. 16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen? I haven't seen many, but some classmates acted out a ...

Reading List (active edits) | Frankenstein, the uncanny valley, what is a man? v-Moby-Dick, no place like home v-Siddhartha, this place is home to me v-The Trial, the only fear is fear itself v-Waiting for Godot, qui a pete? v-Endgame and . . ., not with a bang | . . . . . . . . ...

... or a story within a story within a story. Generally, these stories all fit together to prove some larger point. Think of Frankenstein, which is first a series of letters, then the story of Victor, then the story of the Creature, then the story of Felix and Safie. Or Wuthering Heights, ...

I just finished Frankenstein. It was interesting to listen to a very articulate and well-read monster.

11. Frankenstein This was a very unique and interesting story. Mary Shelley's horror story is quite different from the familiar movie portrayals. The writing was a bit redundant and so the story probably could have been considerably shorter.

... Shining by Stephen King The Stand by Stephen King Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin I Am Legend by Richard Matheson Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by R. L. Stevenson Dracula by Bram Stoker It turns out that I have several on this list. I ...

... Gray. Yes, give me more of this! I loved the pictures, the story and the way this novel plays with gothic novels like Frankenstein. Highly recommended.

... pages and a median of 293. It's rather low, but oh well. I did manage to finish two "classics" this month though--though Frankenstein was only an evening's read. I did end up liking it much better than I had on my first attempt some five or six years ago; that time I had only gotten to the ...

I can't believe that no-one has suggested Victor Frankenstein's monster.

... Alan Paton Spain - Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes St. Lucia - Omeros Derek Walcott Switzerland – Frankenstein Mary Shelley Tibet - The Tibetan Book of the Dead Trinidad & Tobago - An Area of Darkness V. S. Naipaul Tunisia - The Perfumed Garden Umar I ...

... house. I think there is a message in there somewhere! LOL! So, my other choices are MR James' Collected Ghost Stories, Frankenstein, or Dracula. I also have Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which might count. I am planning to start The Stand any day now, but won't finish any time soon. I ...

... quicker pace now. February and March were slow months for me. I have no idea what I am going to read next. I am thinking Frankenstein, but also considering Get Shorty and Brideshead Revisited. Swann's Way has fallen by the wayside for now! --BJ

... Bennett 7. The Sunne In Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman 8. The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier 9. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 10. The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip 11. Heir of Sea and Fire by Patricia A. McKillip 12. Harpist in the Wind by Pat ...

... I suspect that it is in my daughter's room since it is her book, but she says no. However, while searching, I ran across Frankenstein, which is another book that I have been wanting to read for a long time. I quit reading horror when my kids were young, because suddenly it gave me nightmares, ...

... month and I have ARC's coming out of my ears, I will have to strive to do better in April. I am planning on finishing Frankenstein and then reading The Poisonwood Bible and hopefully The Old Man and the Sea.

... month and I have ARC's coming out of my ears, I will have to strive to do better in April. I am planning on finishing Frankenstein and then reading The Poisonwood Bible and hopefully The Old Man and the Sea.

The message I got out of Frankenstein was that humans make pretty piss poor gods.

... men want to turn a blind eye and choose to FORGET that a young, well-bred lady wrote one of the classic horror stories, Frankenstein! (attempts to unruffle her own feathers) perhaps this wasn't the most deserving thread for my little tirade, since everyone here seems to be on the same ...

... books, Carrie and The Amityville Horror. Gave both a read at about 7. Then I found abridged versions of Dracula and Frankenstein in school. A couple of kids in my class at school (primary school, no less) used to watch "video nasties" and tell us all about them, which whetted my ...

... such a classical introduction to the genre. Straight to the seminal stuff. Most kids would find Dracula and Frankenstein extremely daunting. Dracula, especially, is difficult to read because of the accents. And Frankenstein is full of so much philosophy...

... contrasting with Harry's smoking opium-laced cigarettes amidst society. Touchstones: The Picture of Dorian Gray Frankenstein Edited to remove spurious touchstones.

Frankenstein. I'm on the strangest reading bent. I thought that i wanted to read classics this year, but it seems i'm actually drawn to 19th-century English novels. If this keeps up i will start posting in that style. I've just checked and i seem to be travelling backwards through time. Yea ...

... and madness. Heathcliff wasn't my sort of dude, either. I'm not sure if I just dislike gothic-esque books; I found Frankenstein didn't float my boat, as well.

... it was so long. I haven't read any of King's books in a long time, so I hope that I will like it. What did you think of Frankenstein? It is on my tbr. Have a great day! --BJ

... The Left Hand of Darkness. We read it last year and it still gets our vote for our best discussion yet. Shelley's Frankenstein is quite different from the popular movie. You could do a compare/contrast, in addition to talking about the themes found in the book. Good luck with your ...

... It's a dreadful bore. Hard to believe that it was the spark for so many great vampire novels, stories, and movies. Give Frankenstein a try instead. Wives and Daughters is excellent. Have you read Gaskell's North and South? or Mary Barton?

... era's "Cinderella Complex." Apparently GE is his response to rival novels that he thought were fairytales--books such as Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, The Woman in White, and most emphatically, Jane Eyre. Meckier says Dickens wrote GE to "darken characters, themes and situations he ...

... Allan Poe 103) The Fall of the House of Usher -- Edgar Allan Poe 104) The Nose -- Nikolai Gogol 105) Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus -- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 106) The Castle of Otranto -- Horace Walpole 107) Candide, or Optimism -- Voltaire 108) A M ...

Frankenstein de Mary Shelley Livre 8/50 Appréciation: **** Excellente réflexion sur la création et le statut de créateur, écrit avec beaucoup de sensibilité. Lecture enrichissante, et qui manquait 'a ma culture!

... Holmes, which my husband recently finished reading, A Tale of Two Cities, which a friend is currently reading, and Frankenstein, which is probably the gap in my science fiction reading I feel worst about. I suppose I should just pick one, since I'll get to them all before year's end. I ...

Tamaal, Frankenstein cannot be more highly recommended, though it doesn't appear on the expected Halloween reading for this year for the reason Piyush mentions. Piyush, you are more kind to The Stranger than I was. I may still give The Plague a try one day.

Gotta go with the reread classics: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Richard III by William Shakespeare

Hi Tamaal As Linda, mentioned, you should join the group. Mac has already read Frankenstein during last Halloween and hence it is not mentioned.

No Frankenstein? :)

... this is a general education class I'm speaking of, not a majors course--still got excited by Doctor Faustus and Frankenstein? I would say that whatever we are defining as "good," these works have it, and these students, many of whom initially said they never read unless they have to, ...

That reminds me, i've really got to read Frankenstein. ETA preposition

... own a few books, but just haven't gotten around to reading it. My friends tell me I am missing something. I never read Frankenstein. I want to... I never finished the Grapes of Wrath. Everyone tells me, because of my profession, that I should read Tuesdays with Morrie and Five Peo ...

... Halloween. I really enjoyed your Halloween readings last year and a few of those have made into my TBR list for this year, Frankenstein, The Exorcist amongst them. If you have your Halloween list for this year ready, do post it, any titles I want to read this year amongst them, I will put off ...

... human as per Afro-Caribbean folklore and practice. Mary Shelley also made the monster literate and subtitled her work The Modern Prometheus, adding mythic heft and playing on what Frankenstein was actually doing. What's interesting is she created an archetype, an ur-myth which modern sci ...

... War of the Worlds. I have been reading a lot of classics which have been made into various TV or movies over the years, Frankenstein Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, etc. I read The Time Machine and really enjoyed it; like the others I mentioned, the story was so much more interesting and ...

dk, I think there were several discussions last year centered on just such a problem with both Frankenstein and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The upshot of all the discussions is that the multitude of film/comic/etc. versions of these creatures/men actually watered down the ...

... by Alan Bennett The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The Riddle-master of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip Heir of Sea and Fire by Patricia A. McKillip Harpist in the Wind by Patricia A. McKill ...

I read Frankenstein last Halloween for the first time and was very moved by the story. I would love to be in your class, interesting title and you get to read as homework.

... src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd137/debspeare/Book%20Covers/th_Frank.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" > Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Reread for my "Imitations of Immortality" course. The students are really enjoying it!

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Reread ...

10. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Reread for ...

... Marathon) Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Nemesis by Isaac Asimov Armor by John Steakley 20,000 Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton ...

I haven't read Frankenstein but I have read Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters and Seymour an Introduction.

I haven't reade The Body in the Library But I have read Frankenstein

I agree with you. I read Frankenstein last year and it was such a disappointment. Not scary at all and at times very boring.

#13 - What a ridiculous book! I wish someone could explain to me why Frankenstein is considered a classic. I had more sympathy for the monster than I did for Frankenstein. The character growth or lack thereof is ridiculous!!!

... of the additional material, but I like to have the Norton Criticals specifically because of that - I've three copies of Frankenstein, but the NCE is my favorite.

That will encourage me to read the classic vampire story. I've never read Frankenstein either. Finished today: Hotel Paradise by Martha Grimes. I've read a few of her Inspector Jury novels and found them interesting, but not enough to zealously pursue the entire series. This novel was ...

Frankenstein, the graphic novel by Mary Shelley and Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley In a surprising fit of diligence, I decided to read the novel Frankenstein before reading and reviewing the graphic novel for the LT Early Reviewers. And “frankly,” ...

Did you like Frankenstein? It is in my tbr. --BJ

... Patient Zero and Antsy Does Time. They were both excellent, fast, and entertaining reads. I also greatly enjoyed Frankenstein The Graphic Novel: Original Text. Frankenstein, Patient Zero, and Mixed Blood: A Thriller were all early reviewer books, so feel free to check out my ...

2. Frankenstein, Mary Shelley

... in which faith, love, offsrping, and poetry grant an immortality of sorts, plus a few short stories. Upcoming after Frankenstein: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, A Number (a Caryl Churchill play in which one of the characters discovers that he's a clone with ...

I wish I were in your class, Deborah. I haven't read Doctor Faustus but really should. Frankenstein I read last year and really enjoyed it - it is a surprising read when you consider all the movie stereotypes.

... All of the works we are reading focus on characters who try to exceed the limitations of being human. Next up: Frankenstein.

... Alexandre Dumas 113. Oliver Twist Charles Dickens 114. The Hunchback of Notre Dame Victor Hugo 115. Frankenstein Mary Shelley 116. Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson The 1700's 117. A Modest Proposal Jonathan Swift 118. Gulliver's Travels Jona ...

... Lopez --- Another inspired One Book, One Philadelphia choice. Conveys a true sense of the human in mental illness. 2. Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley --- Reasonably good; definitely readable. 1. Isle of Dogs - Patrica Cornwell --- Horrible, awful, no-good, very bad book!

... Lopez --- Another inspired One Book, One Philadelphia choice. Conveys a true sense of the human in mental illness. 2. Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley --- Reasonably good; definitely readable. 1. Isle of Dogs - Patrica Cornwell --- Horrible, awful, no-good, very bad book!

... Hoffmann 47. And then there were none by Agatha Christie 48. Prometheus Unbound by Percy Bysshe Shelley 49. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 50. The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoevsky I don't know if i'll really read everything, as some of the books i included are ...

... French Lieutenant's Woman Possession Wide Sargasso Sea Love in the Time of Cholera For Whom the Bell Tolls Frankenstein - several adaptations Rebecca to name a few in the classic category. Plus it seems like every big 19th century English novel by Austen, Eliot and ...

... er The Crucible East of Eden Grapes of Wrath David Copperfield Death of a Salesman The Lord of the Rings Frankenstein Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe The Godfather Great Expectations The Great Gatsby Fight Club Hilary and Jackie The Hobbit Ho ...

... Candide, 2005 5. Sense and Sensibility, 2008 6. Mansfield Park, 2007 7. Emma, 1990s 8. Persuasion, 2007 9. Frankenstein, 2003 10. The Nose, 2007 11. Fall of the House of Usher, 1980s 12. A Christmas Carol, 1980s 13. Pit and the Pendulum, 1980s 14. The Purloined Lett ...

#7 - Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath by Michael Paul Mason - *** #8 - Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - *****

Just finished both Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath and Frankenstein. Just about to start reading The Bad Girl, an Early Reviewer book, by Mario Vargas Llosa. I think I will start listening to Six Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly.

... Mason, and waiting in terror in a villa in Switzerland for the demon to fulfill his promise to ruin the wedding night in Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.

... themes. Some of them have elements of science fiction, such as "El experimento de Varinksy" which shares elements with Frankenstein and Poe's "Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar." (Though it also reminded me a bit of "Herbert West - Reanimator.") Dabove was apparently friends with Borges ...

... src="http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m119/skylightmoon/frankenstein.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Chilling, dark and haunting, this made me nervous to drive at night as I listened to it! From the silence and solitude of the Artic to the ...

I started a few more books and just got done reading the first (life's been busy)... Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley My formal education is utterly devoid of many great "classics." This was one of them. I finally got around to reading it. It was reasonably good. Put in a ...

Just finished The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Wonderful read! I am almost finished listening to Frankenstein and I am about to start reading Drop City by T.C. Boyle.

Almost done listening to Frankenstein and almost finished with The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, both of which are excellent.

... away a few years ago when we were moving. But then I often swim against the tide. I own Carmen Callil/Colm Toibin's The Modern Library in which they recommend their favorite books published since 1950. Given the date restrictions the number of Viragos she chooses are limited, but she ...

I am listening to Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and reading Therese Raquin by Emile Zola and throroughly enjoying both!

... in 1950s France with Therese Raquin by Emile Zola, and the other foot on the way to the North Pole in the 1700s with Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.

Finished Ivanhoe and have just started Frankenstein.

... Underground 38. Great Expectations 39. Madame Bovary 40. Agnes Grey 41. Jane Eyre 42. A Christmas Carol 43. Frankenstein 44. Persuasion 45. Pride and Prejudice 46. Sense and Sensibility 47. The Mysteries of Udolpho 48. The Vicar of Wakefield 49. Rasselas 50. A ...

... in the mix. I'm optimistic. 1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (finished 2/20/09) 2. Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (finished 5/5/09) 3. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (finished 2/28/09) 4. The Colour ...

... 2. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (February 2-22) 3. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (March 12-16) 4. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 5. Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 6. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene 7. The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Haw ...

... also satirizes the Russian Revolution and communism, although that's not something I care much about. The plot is sort of Frankenstein crossed with Flowers for Algernon with an injection of Bulgakov's own brand of bizarreness, wherein a scientist replaces a dog's pituitary gland with a human' ...

I have listened to 3 audio books: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen All wonderful classic rereads. I am about to start Lost in Translation by Eva Hoffman (999 challenge)

... a Nobody by George Grossmith 23 Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell 24 Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth 25 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 26 the Red and the Black by Stendahl 27 Fear and Trembling by Amelie Nothomb 28 Pavel's Letters by Monka Moron 29 The ...

BDB Looks like you had a great reading year in 2008! I like your "Classics"--I read Frankenstein in 2007 and Jekyll and Hyde in 2008--now two favorite books of mine. and I'm the one who doesn't like "horror!" I guess I can handle Blaze this year--you recommended it to me and now it's in ...

Classics 1. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 01/03/09 - 01/27/09 (3 stars) 2. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 01/28/09 - 02/08/09 (2 stars) 3. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier 03/19/09 - 03/26/09 (3 stars) 4. The Time Machine by H. G. Wells 03/19/09 - 04/26/09 (3. ...

... Herbert The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury Red Lights by Simenon (A real surprise!) Seems to be a thread there, scifi/horror/mystery ...

IX. Fiction 1. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley -January (could also fit in "New Authors") 2. The Constant Gardener by John le Carre -January 3. The Road to Wellville by T. Coraghessan Boyle- February (could also fit in "New Authors") 4. Flyover States by Grace Grant- M ...

Well, I'm trying to get through Frankenstein before the end of the year, but either way I'm not going to complete the challenge. I still feel positive about the outcome though, because I definitely read outside of my normal genres. I've never really read plays, but I had some good ones this ...

... Flaubert {7/2} 13. Eve's Ransom by George Gissing {8/31} 14. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe {9/3} 15. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley {10/24} 16. Adieu by Honoré de Balzac {10/25} 17. The Trumpet-Major by Thomas Hardy {10/28} 18. Don Juan by Lord Byron {10/30} 19. ...

... Lewis' Ambrosio, or The Monk, the story of a pious man brought low by temptation. I'd have to say that this, moreso than Frankenstein, is the first horror novel ever written. Lewis may be a 19th century author, but he knows how to keep the story moving. And the novel's intent--to make you ...

1001 Books 1. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 2. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 3. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis 4. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie 5. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 6. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 7. 8. 9.

... the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. 2. A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. 3. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier. 4. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. 5. Run Silent, Run Deep by Commander Edward L. Beach. 6. Love Story by Erich Segal. 7. Our Town by Thornton Wilder. 8. The Stand (T ...

Science Fiction by Women i. Parable of the Talents Finished Jan. 7 ii. The Alchemy of Stone Finished Jan. 28 iii. Frankenstein Finished Mar 10 iv. Primary Inversion Finished Mar 21 v. The Dispossesed Finished April 21 vi. Her Smoke Rose Up Forever Finished May 20 vii. Brown Girl ...

... get bogged down in a too rigid category. Some other shorter classics might be Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, or The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. I enjoyed all of those, as well as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Candide by Voltaire is also ...

... the Origin of Species 3. Alias Grace 4. Oliver Twist 5. The Old Man and the Sea (Read) 6. Invisible Man 7. Frankenstein (Read) 8. Dracula (Read) 9. Get Shorty (Read) 10. Dangerous Liasons (Read) 11. The Count of Monte Cristo 12. Brideshead Revisited (Read) Now, ...

... me the worst chills - the "e" bit or the "commerce" bit. I had a 12+ hour day at work yesterday too - took Year 11 to see Frankenstein down at the Wharf theatre. Brilliant production - dark & silly in equal measure. Highly recommended if anyone gets the chance - I could have watched it twice ...

... out of 5 8. The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier (finished Jan 16th) 252 pages 4 out of 5 9. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (finished Jan 18th) audiobook 3 out of 5 10. The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip (finished Jan 18th) 222 pages 4.5 < ...

... Ellis was just 21 when he wrote Less than zero ... and I believe Mary Shelley was 21 (or younger) when she wrote Frankenstein. Also, I agree with Jenson about the mechanics of writing (which can be learned) and the ability to write well stylistically (which can't).

... of Patterns for Dolls, Animals, Doll Clothes, and Accessories by Claire Garland * Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry * Frankenstein The Graphic Novel: Original Text by Mary Shelley * The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West * Mixed Blood: A Thriller by Roger Smith * Obscene in the E ...

... Shakespeare **FINISHED** 4. 1984 by George Orwell 5. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas **FINISHED** 6. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 7. The Iliad by Homer **FINISHED** 8. Little Women by Lousia May Alcott **FINISHED** 9. Princess Bride by William Goldman **FINISHED** ...

I've read Little Women but I've never read Frankenstein.

... though some stronger than others. The last story had me really intrigued, but the ending seemed a bit of a letdown. 97. Frankenstein A brilliant work. You know the story, man's hubris, blah blah blah. And I have to admit the Turkish princess bit was kind of hokey. But otherwise, just ...

I finished Frankenstein and Death of a Salesman yesterday, and decided to start A Prayer for Owen Meany. I'm about 5 pages into it so far.

... I finished it, but in the last few hours, it's sort of faded. Perhaps, it just didn't get under my skin enough. EC. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - finished 11/30/08 The classic tale of the scientist undone by his creation. Honestly, just top-notch. There's a nice balance between ...

... issue. Owen1218 has 30 (out of 227) books in his library for which he is the sole owner - including Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Joseph Heller's Catch-22. I'll combine from his library for a while and we can see if his problem goes away (I'll keep a list).

I'm down to the last (and longest story) of David Foster Wallace's Girl with Curious Hair. I'm also listening to Frankenstein on audiobook and really enjoying it. I was actually kind of worried it would be disappointing, but it's quite good. I'm hoping to get through Death of a Salesman ...

... would be in the public domain at the time of publishing (as Cerf and Klopfer preferred this). My first submission: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

... Vol 14 - finished 11/28/08 Are gothic works addictive? Why has this category ballooned so? (And I'm now listening to Frankenstein on audiobook, because I want to squeeze one more in before the end of the year.) I figured this would be fun after reading all those gothic works, some of ...

... Kavenna ... If you're more interested in fiction, there's always the possibility of reading novels with arctic themes: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Ice by Anna Kavan ;) I know, I've already mentioned this one - but as a Kavan scholar, it's my job to get the word out...

... Flaubert (read) 2. Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (read) 3. Det skvallrande hjärtat by Edgar Allan Poe (read) 4. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (read) 5. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (read) 6. The war of the worlds by H G Wells (read) 7. Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Fi ...

... Rain by Ibuse Masuji Blindness by Jose Saramago (it never goes by swimmingly -- just keeps getting worse and worse) Frankenstein by Mary W. Shelley In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Lord of the Flies by William Golding Nip the buds, shoot the kids by Kenzaburo Oe (like a Japanese Lo ...

... Zola From QPBC: The Girl with no shadow by Joanne Harris From Audible: Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley The Trial by Franz Kafka Bones by Jonathan Kellerman Divine Justice by David Baldacci All Over Creatio ...

blackdogbooks - I have just read through your thread - some great reviews - I especialy liked your review of Frankenstein which you recommended in a comment on my profile. Really looking forward to reading that soon. You spoke about Dracula. My inciteful review of that is: piffle! - TT

I recently was surprised to learn that Mary Shelley was 19 when she wrote Frankenstein.

... is exactly what it did! Ever since then I've been reading the classics. At 13 I thoroughly enjoyed Bless me Ultima, Frankenstein, 1984, and All the Pretty Horses, all from English class. I was also getting into historical fiction like Hiroshima and All Quiet on the Western Front. ...

... characters. Having said that, I have read a number of the classics and enjoyed them (Dracula, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Frankenstein), and have read a rather embarrassingly large number of the new genre of "supernatural romance" (think hot sexy vampires instead of Mr Tall Dark and Handsome). ...

46. Frankenstein

... Shipping News by E. Annie Proulz (1994 Pulitzer) **Fantasy, Horror, or Supernatural** Women of the Night by Various Frankenstein by Marry Shelley Fledgling by Octavia Butler Classic Ghost Stories by Various The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Book of Lost Things by John Connoll ...

Doctor No by Ian Fleming Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel Contact by Carl Sagan Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer by Michael White

I'm reading Frankenstein. Don't know what I want to do next.

I finished Frankenstein - a bit disappointing, but glad to finally know the "real" story. I think I will stick with 19th century English now that I am used to the language and sentence structure and move on to Daniel Deronda

... short story collection Coronado -- OK, but forgettable. And just started in honor of Halloween my first time reading Frankenstein.

The Vault by Peter Lovesey is a mystery involving questionable watercolours in the style of William Blake with a Frankenstein theme. The story delves into forgery techniques.

... Roman Baths. An American professor of English comes searching for the address in Bath, where Mary Shelley wrote most of Frankenstein. The house not longer exists but its location appears to be about where the body part is found. The professor has already obtained a copy of The Poetical Works ...

Ain't Halloween great!!!!!! Sometimes fiction pales in comparison!!!!! Piyushchouasia, you won't be disappointed by Frankestein. I haven't read Dracula yet, let me know what you think!!! I think it will be in my Halloweed pile next October. I hope to finish out with Bradbury's Something ...

... 1. The Thirteenth Tale by Dianne Setterfield 2. The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe 3. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 4. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey 5. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 6. The Turn of ...

... Walls 97. Island of the Swans by Ciji Ware 98. Providence Island by Calder Willingham Completed: 1. Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 2. The Passion by Donna Boyd Read so far: 1. Frankenstein 2. The Passion

Added Dracula, Frankenstein and The Exorcist to my TBR list.

The Ghostway by Tony Hillerman A Graveyard for Lunatics by Ray Bradbury Halloween Party by Agatha Christie Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

... blackdogbooks! You make me jealous that you can write such inciteful reviews. You also want to make me go back and read Frankenstein again. On to Continent TBR it goes.

Book #59, Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Over the years, the name Frankenstein has been more and more associated with the creature in Shelley's novel and les associated with Victor Frankenstein, the creature's maker. Perhaps such a shift is appropriate in some ways; perhaps Shelle ...

Another classi by any standards.....Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

... book as pulp sci-fi. But there is a lot more here to appreciate for the careful reader. 4 bones!!!! Next up........Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

... 1. Their Eyes Were Watching God 2. Atonement - finished 3. Tender is the Night 4. The Talented Mr. Ripley 5. Frankenstein 6. Animal Farm 7. Catch 22 8. The Great Gatsby Award Winners 1. The God of Small Things - Booker Award 2. The Blind Assassin - Booker Award 3 ...

... 1. Their Eyes Were Watching God 2. Atonement - finished 3. Tender is the Night 4. The Talented Mr. Ripley 5. Frankenstein 6. Animal Farm 7. Catch 22 8. The Great Gatsby Award Winners 1. The God of Small Things - Booker Award 2. The Blind Assassin - Booker Award 3 ...

... The Graphic Novel by Charles Dickens Broad Street by Christine Weiser Death of a Past Life by Robert N. Reincke Frankenstein The Graphic Novel by Mary Shelley Isaac's Torah by Angel Wagenstein Jane Eyre - The Graphic Novel by Charlotte Bronte Love and Other Natural Disasters ...

ToReadToNap has a wonderful library. I chose Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

... wouldn't be fluff but that are fairly quick reads because they are short (I have read both of these and recommend them) are Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. These aren't exactly "emotionless, however! You also have The Importance of Being Earnest ...

... Perry - very nearly done with this and so for so good. should have read earlier parts of the series first though #15: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - WONDERFUL #16: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - have read this several times before but had to read it for school so it counts :) ...

Frankenstein?

... Novel by Charles Dickens Broad Street by Christine Weiser Death of a Past Life by Robert N. Reincke Frankenstein The Graphic Novel by Mary Shelley Jane Eyre - The Graphic Novel by Charlotte Bronte MacBeth Original Text Graphic Novel by William Shakespeare ...

... Novel by Charles Dickens Broad Street by Christine Weiser Death of a Past Life by Robert N. Reincke Frankenstein The Graphic Novel by Mary Shelley Jane Eyre - The Graphic Novel by Charlotte Bronte MacBeth Original Text Graphic Novel by William Shakespeare ...

I have never read Frankenstein, but of the two that I have read, Jekyll and Hyde is the read that was the most fun. It is a quickly paced story that isn't bogged down by a ton of 'this is this and that is that' stuff. On the other hand I love Dracula because of it's bogginess. The unique ...

I remember Stephen King talking about the three big horror classics (Frankenstein, Dracula and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) in Danse Macabre. I remember that he said Frankenstein was important, but pretty badly written. I remember he liked Dracula, but not much ...

... Richard Powers Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino Ghostwritten by David Mitchell (Though if you only read one Mitchell, make it Cloud Atlas.) ...

... movie, I am re-reading The Handmaid's Tale. I also bought Surfacing for the Atwoodians group read. I am also reading Frankenstein, Little Women and some other assorted text books for school.

... chose a woman for that matter. In the list of books we have to read for a 18th century in literature class, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Eliza Haywood's Eovaai are right there along with Defoe, Johnson and Sterne.

... over the past few months. And we mustn't forget the mother of all science fiction: Mary Shelley and her remarkable Frankenstein.

99. Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

... men Middlemarch* (also: gaping hole in my reading) Mansfield Park Villette The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Frankenstein* (also: gaping hole in my reading) Delta of Venus Orlando Wide Sargasso Sea American Moby Dick* (also: gaping hole in my reading) Johnny Got Hi ...

... or Get Shorty. If I don't start until October, then I will go with one of my October Theme Read books -- Inferno, or Frankenstein. So many choices. --BJ

In no particular order:- Wuthering Heights Jane Eyre A Tale of Two Cities Moby Dick Les Miserables Frankenstein Bleak House Anna Karenina Crime and Punishment Therese Raquin

... Great Gatsby which is from the second list. I am planning a theme read for October and will defer Inferno, Beloved, Frankenstein, Dracula, and Faust until then. Well, the touchstones quit loading at the end. I may have to come back later and try again! I hope that this challenge ...

... (meh.) as my Virginia Wolf read. I did finally make it all the way through The Brothers Karamazov (whew!) Have added Frankenstein to my TBR pile. My biggest failure is that Anna Karenina is still sitting on my shelves (for almost a year now.) -- but we still have several months to go ...

... used or remaindered so I didn't spend much. Truman by David McCullough The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendahl Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (I've read but this was a B&N Hardcover for $2! to replace my PB) The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (I've avoided this for years, ...

... used or remaindered so I didn't spend much. Truman by David McCullough The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendahl Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (I've read but this was a B&N Hardcover for $2! to replace my PB) The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (I've avoided this for years, ...

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Wayward Girls and Wicked Women ed Angela Carter Playing the Harlot by Patricia Avis Sort of Traitors by Nigel Balchin The Witch of Exmoor by Margaret Drabble

... Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 2. Jane Eyre 3. Orlando 4. Turn of the Screw 5. Gulliver's Travels 6. Frankenstein 7. Siddhartha 8. War of the Worlds Half of my categories are now finished. Yeah!

34. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley pgs: 223. Finished 15 August. total pages: 8994

Finished up Frankenstein. Almost finished with Siddartha and Knocked Out of By My Nunga Nungas. I should be getting plenty of reading in this weekend so hopefully I'll have a good updated Monday. Happy reading!

#49. Frankenstein by Mary Shelly Why I Chose It: 1,001 Books You Must Read Interesting story. I always assumed as a child growing up that Frankenstein was the monster created by man, or the man created by man, but not that Frankenstein was the actual creator. It made for a more interesting ...

Finished Gulliver's Travels. Not on the favorites list. Onto Frankenstein.

... / 50 books. 96% done! Currently Reading: Siddartha Knocked Out By My Nunga Nungas Frankenstein

... which may have increased my dislike for it. Catcher in the Rye as well I could have lived without reading. Oh and Frankenstein. Maybe I should stop before I name every classic I have read.

... of Electric Sheep - Dick Dune - Herbert Fahrenheit 451 - Bradbury Forever War - Haldeman Foundation - Asimov Frankenstein - Shelley Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Adams Kindred - Butler Left Hand of Darkness - Le Guin Neuromancer - Gibson Nine Billion Names of God ...

... All of the other Tolkien fans I know adore it and I can't figure out why. Heart of Darkness was awful and so was Frankenstein. ...I'm also one of those people who's cringed as they've read the list—so much Tolkien mentioned, I love Palahniuk, and Jane Eyre, World War Z, and T ...

16. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova 17. A Midwife's Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich 18. The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction by Dorothy Scarborough 19. The Story of English by Robert McCrum and others 20. The Uses of Enchantment: The meaning and importance of Fairy Tales by Br ...

... and William Strunk Jr 16. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova 17. A Midwife's Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich 18. The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction by Dorothy Scarborough 19. The Story of English by Robert McCrum and others 20. The Uses of Enchantment: The meaning and ...

I've been curious to see the 'Andy Warhol versions' of Frankenstein and Dracula. I have them in my Netflix queue, but haven't moved them up because I have the feeling that like what I've seen of Pink Flamingos, they are the type of movies it's better to know about than actually sit ...

... (Read) 2. Alias Grace 3. Oliver Twist 4. The Old Man and the Sea 5. Invisible Man 6. Beloved (Read) 7. Frankenstein 8. Dracula 9. Get Shorty 10. Dangerous Liasons 11. The Count of Monte Cristo 12. Brideshead Revisited I am trying to decide if I like my ...

... and Sensibility 8. Pride and Prejudice 9. Mansfield Park 10. Emma 11. Persuasion 12. Northanger Abbey 13. Frankenstein 14. The Fall of the House of Usher 15. A Christmas Carol 16. The Pit and the Pendulum 17. Jane Eyre 18. Agnes Grey 19. Wuthering Heights 20. ...

I thought at it's most basic Frankenstein was about man playing God and not doing such a hot job.

... Tiptree's And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side, and Dozois' Strangers, come to mind. Re Frankenstein - the novel is almost impossible to film due to it's philosophical nature (there is a lot more talking than action) - which means that film-makers/playwrights ...

... tell. Re #89: Hahahahahahahahaha.......dream on, McDuff! Re #90: Yes, I'm sorry someone had to bring up that Centipede Frankenstein. "When ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."

I am mightily tempted by Centipede's Frankenstein. Lynd Ward's illustrations are legendary, and I am a big fan of his work--owning many Limited Editions Club and Heritage Press books he illustrated. The original Harrison Smith and Robert Hass edition with Ward's illustrations, from 1934, costs ...

... people listing the same work, regardless of edition. I think this benefit should be extended equally to those who have Frankenstein as stand alone book, as well as to those who have it as part of the Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde anthology.

(blackdogbooks) I really enjoyed Frankenstein, once I'd got to the story proper (there's quite a long introduction/scence setting bit), it was quite a strange contrast to the Boris Karloff film that I had in my mind's eye though!

... by Nicholas Sparks 22. A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks 23. The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks 24. Frankenstien by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 25. The Food of the Gods by H.G.Wells

... a modification of a fairly well-known quote—"Those who can, write. Those who can't, write Eragon." Dr. Frankenstein in Frankenstein could be the posterchild for all that is emo (or maybe Mary Shelley is...). Unfortunately, it isn't even hefty enough to go a good distance when you throw it, ...

Just cause I want to! Frankenstein (read)

Touché! Let's stay Gothic, and slightly less obscure: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

... Professor by Charlotte Bronte 16. Villette by Charlotte Bronte 17. Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte 18. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 19. The Last Man by Mary Shelley 20.Hope Leslie by Catharine Maria Sedgwick 21. Iola by Frances W. Harper 22. ...

... Monk, The Castle of Otranto, Vathek, Le Fanu's Uncle Silas, the Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe, and, of course, Frankenstein. Neither Polidori's vampire novel nor Stoker's have made it yet, but I suspect Dracula will make his appearance soon; as the advertising slogan from Hammer F ...

... Brontë – 493 pgs. Dragonworld by Byron Preiss – 545 pgs. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys – 112 pgs. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley – 216 pgs. Atonement by Ian McEwan – 351 pgs. Antrax by Terry Brooks – 408 pgs. Morgawr by Terry Brooks – 424 ...

I love Steinbeck, but I still hate Frankenstein. Otherwise, I generally like 'classic' literature. #15 The Sphere scared me so badly in middle school I still can't reread it.

Count of Monte Cristo is on my list of want to reads, as is Jane Austen , or how about Frankenstein, or Dickens? Madam Bovary seems to keep popping up.

#4, Well, Frankenstein is on the slate for my next TBR stack, so I'll get to it sometime next month probably. Looking forward to it even more now that I know there are surprises in store. I love reading these classic stories now for the first time. Coming to them later in life, there is a ...

... first read-through of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I was very surprised at the differences as well. It reminded me a lot of Frankenstein, where I went into the book thinking I already knew the story from all those old films, and was completely floored by how wrong I was. Both excellent, ...

... of things to peruse the next time I go to the book store. 83 Cat I finished last night and I enjoyed it a lot. Much like Frankenstein there is a lot more in the novel that is interesting than in the poor treatment films have given to the material. Not only is it a mystery (and it almost fits ...

... And sadly, the bookshelves of the world are horribly inadequate to hold my own avarice for books. How did you find Frankenstein? It's on my next TBR stack. Different from my current TBR stack and also different from the two TBR stacks that follow it.

... ------------------ Robinson Crusoe Pamela Julie, or the New Heloise Tristram Shandy Les Liaisons Dangereuses Frankenstein The Last of the Mohicans (long time ago) Dead Souls Wuthering Heights Fathers and Sons Great Expectations Notes from the Underground Crime ...

... Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle *read* J: The Portrait of a Lady, Henry James A: Frankenstein, Mary Shelley S: A Room with a View, E. M. Forster O: Utopia, Thomas More N: Mary Barton, Elizabeth Gaskell D ...

... obsession with the Little Monster series, I'd have to go with The Chronicles of Narnia. I also remember reading Frankenstein for the first time in college when I was about nineteen and just being blown away by the contrast between the popular idea of Frankenstein and the complexity ...

... Kings and Queens of England: A Tourist Guide by Jane Murray Dancing Girls and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd TheThree Musketeers by Alexander Dumas and The Twits by Roald Dahl Plus four picture poetry ...

I guess we wait and see if anyone else would like to join in for a group read of Frankenstein. Though I have seen the Universal movie with Boris Karloff several times as well as some other Frankenstein movies like Abbott and Costello Meet The Wolfman and Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein ...

I was wondering if anyone is interested in having a group read like a lot of other groups in LT. I have Frankenstein but have never gotten around to actually reading it yet even though I keep telling myself one day I am going to read the book. I also have a copy of A Vindication of the Rights ...

... Byatt The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Dracula by Bram Stoker Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The Death of Bernadette Lefthand by Ron Querry Three Plays by Thorton Wilder Snow by Orhan Pamuk Rosemary's Baby ...

... of my most hated. Also 1984 by Orwell, A day in the life of Ivan Denisovich by Solzenitsyn was boring and pointless, and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley I couldn't handle the depressingly long winded descriptions and plain bad storytelling (I like the movie with Kenneth Branaugh though :) also t ...

... Anna's Book by Barbara Vine The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene A Burnt-Out Case by Graham Greene Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Fifth Business by Robertson Davies AND two trashy romances All for $16.

This month I've read the following books that are also on the list: Birdsong, Frankenstein, Catch-22, Robinson Crusoe, The handmaid's tale, The woman in white, One hundred years of solitude & Disgrace

... so there's a lot more time for atmosphere and detail. Let me know what you think! I may be going back and reading Frankenstein now to explore this in my head...

... one, the books seemed really grotty, and everything was so overpriced. They were charging $6 for a Dover Classic version of Frankenstein that I paid less than $3 for brand new. I do like charity bookshops though and get great books for twenty-five cents to a few dollars. And the library book ...

I finished reading Frankestein yesterday and have no idea what i'm gonna read next...

I finished reading Frankestein yesterdaym and have no idea what i'm gonna read next...

I just finished reading Frankenstein. It was a quick read and very accessible. I'm not sure what's up next but it may be Amsterdam as it's the only Ian McEwan I have on my shelves that I haven't read.

... in white FINISHED Fantasy: 1. The Hobbit FINISHED 2. The Lord of the rings 50th anniversary edition FINISHED 3. Frankenstein FINISHED 4. Animal farm 5. His dark materials 6. Alice in Wonderland 7. The once and future king 8. Dracula

... generation. (Though I wouldn't say that´s a completely fair characterization, it does have a certain truth to it.) 11. Modern Horror Writers Basically a collection of essays regarding several horror writers, mostly from the early 20th century. The most contemporary was probably Richard M ...

... Huxley