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“No more let life divide what death can join together.”
― Percy Bysshe Shelley, Adonais
Here’s the truth. I didn’t personally connect to Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, though I very much wanted to – it didn’t ‘curdle my blood’ as Shelley had intended it to, perhaps due to the overexposure to the Frankenstein trope. However, I admire it and understand the significance of it in literary canon as well as its immense contribution to culture, hence the rating.
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― Percy Bysshe Shelley, Adonais
Here’s the truth. I didn’t personally connect to Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, though I very much wanted to – it didn’t ‘curdle my blood’ as Shelley had intended it to, perhaps due to the overexposure to the Frankenstein trope. However, I admire it and understand the significance of it in literary canon as well as its immense contribution to culture, hence the rating.
What is it about?
This is the story of the a ...more
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