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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a huge literature classic, but a lot of people only heard of it instead of reading the book. I was one of these people before I decided to read it this summer.
It was definitely not what I expected: I discovered that Frankenstein was the creator of the infamous monster (and not him like I've always thought), and the story I heard of was far from the original one. I really liked the storyline, the themes of the book (the parallel with Prometheus, etc) and the charac ...more
It was definitely not what I expected: I discovered that Frankenstein was the creator of the infamous monster (and not him like I've always thought), and the story I heard of was far from the original one. I really liked the storyline, the themes of the book (the parallel with Prometheus, etc) and the charac ...more
Not my first read but it’ll be a long time until I visit again. I guess my tastes have changed. Too much monologuing.
Jul 16, 2012
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it was amazing
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