Frankenstein - Reading Schedule

[Deborah, Moderator]

I’m using the Oxford University Press edition. Feel free to use the edition of your choice.

Week 1 - introduction thru Chapter 5
Week 2 - Chapter 6 thru Chapter 12
Week 3 - Chapter 13 thru Chapter 18
Week 4 - Chapter 19 thru conclusion

[Lori, Moderator]

I keep going back and forth on this. On the one hand, I read it in high school 25 years ago and have really been wanting to reread it, but on the other hand I have books I need to read for work. I think I'll just go to the library, and if it's available I'll take it and try to keep up. :-)

And now I feel like watching Young Frankenstein again!

[Ian]

Deborah wrote: "I’m using the Oxford University Press edition. Feel free to use the edition of your choice..."

I should have posted this earlier, but I wasn't following the thread.

There are a number of good editions out there, but there could be a problem, because they could have a different base text.

There are TWO texts of Frankensterin: the first edition (1818), and Mary Shelley's revisions for a later reprint (1831).

The second version dominated the scene throughout the nineteenth and most of the twentieth centuries, and is used in the majority of popular editions, but in recent decades the first edition has been reprinted several times, and has received a lot of critical attention.

The story is largely the same, but there were changes in characterization, and some other details, and a different approach regarding how/why things happened for some events. There are enough differences that people using two different editions may get confused when discussing them.

For those curious about the situation, there is handy Kindle edition which offers both versions, as "Frankenstein: The Complete Collection."

See https://www.amazon.com/Frankenstein-C...

(The Amazon page reveals that someone didn't realize that Mary Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley were the same person.)

There don't seem to be other e-book versions of it. It may be on Goodreads, but if so I haven't been able to bring it up: just other editions, and some completely unrelated books, like "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."

[Rafael]

I will participate in this reading.

[Amber]

I have felt drawn to read this novel for so many years. Looking forward to our interpretations of the theme of isolation and moral discernment.

[Amber]

Cphe wrote: "I have this - it's been on my reading radar for ages."

Same here, feels like the right time to finally indulge!

[Mary]

I just want to apologize because I had voted for this fully with the intention of joining in with the discussion (this was actually meant to be my first time joining in with a read-along for this group so I was quite excited) but my school work is taking up more of my time than I expected so I don't think I will be able to participate. I feel especially bad about this considering the discussion going on in the "Suggestions" feed about people voting and not participating. If I have time later on in the month I may be able to join in.

[Rosemarie, Moderator]

Mary, we totally understand that life gets in the way sometimes. Our threads do stay open for comments even in the archives, so please feel free to make comments when you do get around to reading the book. Someone will read and respond to them.
And good luck in your school work.

[Deborah, Moderator]

Mary wrote: "I just want to apologize because I had voted for this fully with the intention of joining in with the discussion (this was actually meant to be my first time joining in with a read-along for this g..."

No apologies needed. Life sometimes just gets in the way and we understand that.