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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,

Charlotte Gordon (Introduction)

Start date: January 1, 2019

Finish date: January 31, 2019

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Apr 14, 2018 Anna rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: victorian

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Feb 21, 2018 Madeleine Knutsson rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 03-stars, read-in-swedish, read-2018, read-for-school, reread

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Aug 03, 2016 Anastasiaadamov rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own, book-club-reading, after-dark-book-club, bought-in-2024

Not what I expected. I like the formal of the narrative but have not enjoyed reading it. It was too much like The Sorrows of Young Werther and too little on the horror.
The only parts that have not made me sleepy after five sentences were the ones where Creature tells his own story. I think it was the only sincere part of the book. Two other narrators were kinda boring and mostly out of this world.
And yes, I find it quite significant that the only part of the book I liked was that with the hideou ...more

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Sep 24, 2017 Judith rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favourites, classics, sci-fi

This was definitely not what I was expecting. I expected a spooky book with a monster, but I got a very philosophical book about humanity, good vs. evil and a misunderstood creature. And I absolutely loved it. This novel is so thoughtprovoking and had so many controversial ideas and Its just perfect.

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