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By Veronica , Supreme Sword · 15 posts · 115 views
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*Edit: Writing this here as a reminder for myself. Read this book before the year 2014 is over, preferably within the the next few months (July 31/14)
I've read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Novelization but not the real book, which I've had on my shelves for years and keep on meaning to get too. ...more
I've read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Novelization but not the real book, which I've had on my shelves for years and keep on meaning to get too. ...more
Well, I'm glad I finally read this one, but my patience for 19th Century Romantic Lit. is definitely lower these days than it once was. I agree with the introduction by Elizabeth Kostova in which she states, "I turned page after page with the growing conviction that although I knew the story, its settings, the characters, the flavor of its language, the history and philosophy that underlie it, the tale of its creation, and even the novel's structure, the actual prose was new to me." As an avid S
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Aug 16, 2012
Stephanie Griffin
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Oh what wretched mortal agony it was to try to read this agonizingly wretched book!
Decent, had some genuinely exciting moments, but holy crap Victor Frankenstein is the most irritating protagonist of all time. Also, EVERY character speaks in the exact some voice. I gave it three stars because I sense there is some interesting stuff here that could be teased out with the application of some critical theory, but in my heart it only got two.
I'm beginning to think I just need to stay away from most Victorian literature. I get so tired of the melodramatic nattering-on and agonizing, I just want to slap the entire cast repeatedly.
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