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I felt I should read this since it is such a part of of our culture. It was so good and not at all what I expected. I felt so bad for the "monster" All he wanted was to be loved. (  ) KyleneJones | Apr 25, 2022 |  Frankenstein is a classic for sure. Mary Shelley wrote the first science fiction book in the entire genre. For anyone that does not know, Dr. Frankenstein collects different body parts and reanimates a corpse. It is from the point of view of the Dr. Frankenstein as well as Frankenstein's monster. While it is not the scariest of the horror genre it made the building blocks that so many books stand upon. ( ) douglasedrich | Apr 11, 2022 | GoodReads tells me I’ve read this book before, but if I have I don’t remember it, which surprises me as there is so much to enjoy here. By and large it’s very different from the films, there is hardly any mention of the lab and the details of the body snatching take little more than a sentence; what we have instead is a wildly melodramatic tale of regret. Victor Frankenstein himself is so full of self pity and horror at his own actions that at times he falls into nervous fits for months at a time. His creation (perhaps more understandably) is similarly maudlin and probably more sympathetic than Frankenstein, despite his murderous urges. I liked the book more and more the further I got into it. It’s wildly implausible (even if you can swallow the whole making a new being thing), and there are some lengthy asides that add little to the story, but it’s just so much fun. The only real downer (and surprise given that it was written by a woman) is that the main female character, Elizabeth, is such a drip. ( ) whatmeworry | Apr 9, 2022 | This was at time a a rather lengthily story. I am still glad that I read it, because it is something completely different from what I expected, not only from Hollywood, but also from the comments of people who read the book. The points made by Mary Shelly concering responsibility for others and self-responsibility are together with the historic significance for science fiction more than enough reason to take the time and read it. (  ) Sue_Z | Mar 22, 2022 | (re-read with my daughter for her school assignment)  k6gst | Mar 10, 2022 | Belongs to Publisher SeriesAirmont Classics (CL 19) Arion Press (115) Austral singular (4) — 58 more La biblioteca di Repubblica (Ottocento) Club Joven Bruguera (36) Crisol (265) Doubleday Dolphin (C44) dtv phantastica (1860) El País. Aventuras (14) Everyman's Library (616) Folio SF (5-533) Grandes Novelas de Aventuras (XXIII) Lanterne (L 295) Livro B (12) Mirabilia (42) Mirabilia (42) Oxford English Novels (1818) Penguin Clothbound Classics (2013) Penguin English Library, 2012 series (2012-04) SF Masterworks (New design) SF Utopia (26) Tus Libros. Anaya (24) Is contained inBest of Gothic Horror: The Edgar Allan Poe Collection, Dr Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde (Literate Listener) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley-Volume 1: Including One Novel "Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus" and Fourteen Short Stories of the Strange and Unusual by Mary Shelley 90 Masterpieces You Must Read (Vol.1): Novels, Poetry, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Psychology & Philosophy by Various The World's Greatest Books Set by Arthur Mee (indirect) Is retold inHas the (non-series) sequelHas the (non-series) prequelHas the adaptationIs abridged inIs parodied inInspiredMary by Anne Eekhout Has as a studyThe Things That Matter: What Seven Classic Novels Have to Say About the Stages of Life by Edward Mendelson Has as a commentary on the textHas as a student's study guideHas as a teacher's guide
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