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Jessica
Feb 21, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: gothic, horror, classic, 1001
Part of my ongoing project to dust off the classics, and this one stands up surprisingly well. The themes Shelley wrestles with here still feel fresh despite the fact that the story's almost 200 years old. I think I'll view that as her being unnaturally prescient than the more depressing idea that we've gotten a big lot of nowhere on those topics in 2 centuries. ...more
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Sep 10, 2014 rated it really liked it
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So many things I could have done better in the teaching of this novel. There's always next year. ...more
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