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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,

Charlotte Gordon (Introduction)

Start date: February 17, 2023

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Sep 02, 2015 Shannon rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: classic, book-to-film, y-all-time-faves, stand-alone, book-to-tv, those-books, horror, 2015-book-to-film-adaptation, book-to-webseries, 2015-book-to-film-challenge

I will be reading this in September 2015 as a part of my 2015 Book to Film Challenge. Feel free to play along!

Book to Film Challenge Book List: http://planetshannon.blogspot.ca/2015...

Challenge Introduction Vlog: http://youtu.be/mnuqlUH9svk

This title is available via Public Domain http://toronto.lib.overdrive.com/2CAD... ...more

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Sep 17, 2012 Carrie marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: own, read-my-shelves

*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

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Nov 10, 2020 Unsolved ☕︎ Mystery rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: drama, secrets, suspense, books-i-own, horror, 3-stars, fantasy, 2020-reads, classics

Sadly, This was the only horror book I read for October reads 2020.
I was working too much and had too much going on, overall.

My 5th grade English teacher read Frankenstein to us back in the early 90's.
That teacher is one of the ones I credit for my love of reading, even today.
I remember her reading the part about being in the graveyard to get the "ingredients" to make the monster.
I remember her reading the part about the town residents, pitchforks in hand, chasing the monster to the bell towe ...more

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May 23, 2015 Kylie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: horror-and-paranormal, my-library, classic-lit, sci-fi

Technically 3.5 stars. This book contains the 1831 edition of the text.

Yes, it is bordering on shameful that I had never read this before. But in my defence, it was never part of a syllabus during my education (Dracula was, during secondary/high school). It’s quite easy to read for an older book, and it’s certainly interesting to see how much of the Frankenstein mythos has been bolted on or lost from following adaptations.

One of the chief positives of the book was, for me, that the hero(es?) a ...more

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