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Pride and Prometheus {novelette}

by John Kessel

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    Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (aethercowboy)
    aethercowboy: Pride and Prometheus is a clever and award-winning mashup of Pride and Prejudice and Frankenstein. Worth reading alongside the original.
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After reading the 2010 short story, I had high expectations for this novel. I liked the original better - with its tighter writing and plotting. Also didn't like how Mary's chapters were in 3rd person while Frankenstein's and the Creature's were in 1st person. (I know that mirrors the source materials.) ( )
  tornadox | Feb 14, 2023 |
I enjoyed this. There was clearly a good deal of thought behind it, and it was respectfully done.
The alternating POVs and switching back and forth from first person to third was jarring at first, but I got used to it once I was immersed in the story. The Mary Bennet chapters were my favorites. I liked how the author imagined Mary might be in her thirties, her regrets and her personal growth.
I’ve read Pride and Prejudice a lot more recently than I’ve read Frankenstein, but I think it’s fair to say Kessel did a fine job marrying the two.
I wonder if being too true to the source material hurt his ending. That was where things felt rushed, and where I was hoping for a better ending for Adam. The last bit, set six years later, was a bit tidy, but I did want a good ending for Mary, so I didn’t hate it.
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  Harks | Dec 17, 2022 |
The Bennet family from Price and Prejudice meets Victor Frankenstein. Entertaining ( )
  sdobie | Mar 16, 2008 |
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This work is for the novelette, first published in The magazine of fantasy & science fiction in 2008, and later collected in The Baum plan for financial independence (among others).

Kessel expanded that into a full-length novel, published by Saga Press in 2018. ISBNs:
9781481481472
9781481481496
9781481481489
1481481487
1481481479
1481481495
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