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Summary: Excellent chronological time order
Review: This novel was an experience. I was scared but was motivated to continue reading. A great example of romanticism and the ideals of Mary Shelly.
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Summary: I've read better...like Berenstein Bears
Review: This was the dullest book I have ever read in my entire existence. The theme behind this book is excellent, but the writing is quite dry and wordy. Who ever named this so-called Story a Classic is not someone I would like to meet. Only the theme kept this book from being a ONE
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Summary: Read it for the concepts, not the writing
Review: What does God owe us, his Creation? What are the responsibilities of parents towards their children? How should society treat its homeless, creations of its own policies? What happens when scientists (or even entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, politicians) pursue a single-minded goal of glory and wonder without stopping to think on the consequences?
All of these interesting and relevant issues are raised in this plodding, poorly written work. The standards of interesting writing may have changed in the last hundreds of years, but some writers and poets are skilled enough with language that their work still endures. Don't be misled by the hype; Mary Shelley should not be remembered for her literary skill. I hope that no schoolchildren actually have to read this. There are enough great works that are enjoyable to read. Frankenstein should be classified as a work of philosophy, not one of literature.
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Summary: A truly classic original horror tale.
Review: In "Frankenstein" Mary Shelly has created not only one of the most enduring of Gothic stories, but also a uniquely feminine tale of the horror of childbirth and its attendent responsibilities.
While the later film versions of the story have tended to couch the telling of this story in terms of scientific over-reaching and the hubris of man who aspires to the powers of God, the original novel actually contains very little of this theme, with the famous creation scene actually occuring in one terse paragraph. There are no spark shedding electrodes or arcing bolts of electricity in Shelly's original story, only the birth of the creature, and Frankenstein's rejection of his monsterous offspring.
It's hard to read "Frankenstein" without recognizing it's author as a young woman who had suffered at least one miscarriage. The entire work, although written from a masculine perspective, and set in a world of masculine domination, consistently deals with themes of parental abandonment and responsibiltity. The sin of Frankenstein in Shelly's original work is not his aspiration to godlike power over life and death, but his refusal to regard his artifical progeny with the nurturing and unconditional love any parent owes to his or her child.
For fans both of later cinematic retellings of this story, as well as fans of the Gothic novel and those interested in reading a true nightmare myth of feminine construction, "Frankenstein" is a true classic that cannot be reccommended highly enough.
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Summary: Simply the most titanic novel written in English
Review: Frankenstein is a startlingly deep investigation of humanity's place in the world. The reader must sympathize with either Frankenstein or his creation, and and either choice will result in the same humbling realization: that humans are too fragile to exist within their own constructs of society, honor, dignity and truth.
-JC Vollmer
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Summary: Hear the monster's side of the story, very well written
Review: There are many stories that have used the Frankenstein electrical reanimation plot, no matter how unbelievable. This is very well written, as a journal by the monster himself. This is definitely one for those books you will have trouble putting down. An Extra note: There is a reference that the Francis Ford Coppola movie was based on Saberhagen's book but it is not; it is true to the original of Mary Shelley
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Summary: One of the most beautiful story of all time
Review: Persons think that Frankenstein is a little horror show like the old movies that were made. But the orignial Frankenstein is not a simple horror story but a great, sentimental story about a monster who wants to be like anyone else but his look doesn't give to him the possibility to be happy. He will fight his creator to punish him for the monster he'd done
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Summary: Excellent, nothing like the movies!!!!!
Review: The novel starts a bit on the slow side,but as chapters
progress and you become aquainted with Frankenstein's
creation it will be difficult to put the book down.
For a great work of horror fiction, the book has some
pleasantly surprising moments. In particular when Frankenstein's creature speaks to his maker and compares
himself to Adam who has been abandoned by God. The moment is very touching, and made me feel pity and
sorrow for the "monster" who never asked to be brought
into the world
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Summary: A Life and Death Struggle at the Top of the World
Review: "Frankenstein" begins and ends in the frozen Arctic waste as the crew of an ice-locked ship discovers two antagonists locked in a deadly game of pursuit and capture. Baron Victor Frankestein has created a monster which destroyed everything and everyone Frankenstein held dear. Frankenstein, swearing revenge, has pursued the monster half way around the world. Finally, exhausted and near death he meets his nemesis on board the ship. The story is told in a series of flashbacks as Frankenstein recounts his pitiful tale of woe to the captain of the ship. The story structure remains fairly true to the plot of the book, but the writer did introduce some innovations. Most surviving old time radio shows are half hour segments for weekly broadcast. Apparently, however, daily serials with 15 minute episodes were also popular. "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" made good use of this format, with a story beginning on Monday and concluding with the capture of the criminal on Friday. The longer format gave the opportunity for greater character development and more fully conceived plots. With all the advantages afforded by the serial format, "Frankenstein" makes for somewhat of a disappointment. The dialog is over-dramatic, the characters are wooden, and they engage in illogical, inadequately motivated behavior throughout. One unintentionally humorous feature of the play comes as the actors repeatedly deliver mid-twentieth century slang phrases with German accents. Another discordant note is struck when Frankenstein, believing himself near death, calls to his deceased wife "Elizabeth, I'm coming to you!" Of course the writers had no way of anticipating that Redd Foxx would make that phrase a comic refrain as Fred Sanford. One particularly good thing about the play was the monster's self-justifying speeches. Taken alone they sounded like the high-minded complaint of an innocent-but-put-upon victim of circumstance. The monster's protestations of innocence in the face of persecution fell flat, however, when measured against his evil actions. Despite the weaknesses of plot, dialog, and character development, the play had power. I listened to it straight through on a long business trip. It didn't seem nearly as long as it would have if I'd only had the radio for companionship.
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Summary: Frankenstein Rev.
Review: Frankenstein is a very inventive story. That is a must for any horror story fanatic. The mid-section of the book drags just a little (little too repetitive), but all and all it's a very good book. I could go on, but i dont feel like it. The books ok, i gave it 4 stars ..just ..because. read it u want to, if u dont want to, then dont ...whatever.
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