Frankenstein

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Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein Obsessed with discovering the cause of generation and life and bestowing animation upon lifeless matter, Frankenstein assembles a human being from stolen body parts but upon bringing it to life, he recoils in horror at the creature s hideousness Tormented by isolation and loneliness, the once innocent creature turns to evil and unleashes a campaign of murderous revenge against his creator, Frankenstein Frankenstein, an instant bestseller and an important ancestor of both the horror and science fiction genres, not only tells a terrifying story, but also raises profound, disturbing questions about the very nature of life and the place of humankind within the cosmos What does it mean to be human What responsibilities do we have to each other How far can we go in tampering with Nature In our age, filled with news of organ donation genetic engineering, and bio terrorism, these questions are relevant than ever. New Download Frankenstein [ author ] Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr No stars That s right Zero, zip nada.It s been almost 30 years since I ve detested a book this much I didn t think anything could be worse then Kafka s The Metamorphosis Seems I m never too old to be wrong This time, I don t have the excuse that I was forced to read this for high school lit class Oh no, this time I read this of my own volition and for fun Yeah, fun Kinda like sticking bamboo shoots between my fingernails type of fun Watching paint dry fun Going to an Air Supply conce ...My apologies, but this review is going to be a bit frantic due to my brain being so oxygen starved by the novel s breath stealing gorgeousness that I m feeling a bit light headed So please forgive the random thoughts.First Mary Shelley I love you Second Dear Hollywood you lying dung pile of literature savaging, no talent hacks you got this all wrong Please learn to read and get yourself a copy of the source material before you FUBAR it again Third My heart shattered for the monster an My apologies, but this review is going to be a bit frantic due to my brain being so oxygen starved by the novel s breath stealing gorgeousness that I m feeling a bit light headed So please forgive the random thoughts.First Mary Shelley I love you Second Dear Hollywood you lying dung pile of literature savaging, no talent hacks you got this all wrong Please learn to read and get yourself a copy of the source material before you FUBAR it again Third My heart shattered for the monster and I haven t felt this strong a desire to hug it out, bitch since reading Grendel and Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter The wretch is so well drawn and powerfully portrayed that he form the emotional ligament for the entire story He is among the finest creations the writte...I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the otherI was walking along earlier today with Jacquie and discussing the important things like, you know books And the subject of our top favourite books of all time came up Oddly enough, two of our top three were the same Wuthering Heights and Crime and Punishment Then Jacquie said her third was a book that I hadn t thoughtI have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the otherI was walking along earlier today with Jacquie and discussing the important things like, you know books And the subject of our top favourite books of all time came up Oddly enough, two of our top three were the same Wuthering Heights and Crime and Punishment Then Jacquie said her third was a book that I hadn t thought about in a very long time That book was Frankenstein It hit me like a shot of good literature I had forgotten all about this classic that had so affected me, made me think and completely torn my heart out multiple times Frankenstein I said I must go review that right now.You see, though, the best and worst thing about this novel is how distorted it has become by constant movie adaptations and misinformed ideas about...So.I finished it.Warning If you are a fan of classic literature and or are utterly devoid of a sense of humor, stop reading this review right now I ve always wondered what the real Frankenstein story was likeand now I know.Sadly, sometimes the fantasy is better than the reality.And the reality is, this book is a big steaming pile of poo.It s an old timey horror story, right Not so much.I mean, I wasn t expecting it to actually be scary, but I thought it might be slightly creepy Unfortunatel S...It s been fifty years since I had read Frankenstein, and, now after a recent second reading I am pleased to know that the pleasures of that first reading have been revived Once again just as it was in my teens I was thrilled by the first glimpse of the immense figure of the monster, driving his sled across the arctic ice, and marveled at the artful use of narrat...This was awesome I listened to an audiobook on YouTube as it is under the public domain You can find it here It was great The narrator did a great job of building the atmosphere and excitement in the story I always love reading the original stories behind some very iconic pop culture figures Frankenstein is obviously incredibly popular It was great to read and do a little bit of a personal independent study on major nerd here The perfect Hall This was awesome I listened to an audiobook on YouTube as it is under the public domain You can find it here It was great The narrator did a great job of building the atmosphere and excitement ...My food is not that of man I do not destroy the lamb and the kid, to glut my appetite acorns and berries afford me sufficient nourishment My companion will be of the same nature as myself, and will be content with the same fare We shall make our bed of dried leaves the sun will shine on us as on man, and will ripen our food The picture I present to you is peaceful and humanThe Creature s diet is unmistakably vegetarian Vegetarianism becomes a way for the creature to renounce his creaMy food is not that of man I do not destroy the lamb and the kid, to glut my appetite acorns and berries afford me sufficient nourishment My companion will be of the same nature as myself, and will be content with the same fare We shall make our bed of dried leaves the sun will shine on us as on man, and will ripen our food The picture I present to you is peaceful and humanThe Creature s diet is unmistakably vegetarian Vegetarianism becomes a way for the creature to renounce his creator by ...This was such a nice surprise I ve been meaning to read this book for AGES, and I ve built it up in my head as this super dry, boring book, but boy was I ever wrong This book is juuuust about 200 years old, yet it feels incredibly timeless,than many other classics I ve read It was so interesting, and the character of Frankenstein s monster was so tragic and he can speak I didn t see that coming thanks to Hollywood ruining the image of Frankenstein that there just wasn t time to be This was such a nice surprise I ve been meaning to read this book for AGES, and I ve built it up in my head as this super dry, boring book, but boy was I ever wrong This book is juuuust about 200 years old, yet it feels incredibly timeless,than many other classic...I have a favourite Kate Beaton strip framed up in our book roomFull size image here Mary was what eighteen years old when she went on this famous holiday to Lake Geneva with Percy Bysshe Shelley and Byron and Byron s physician She was calling herself Mrs Shelley , though they had not yet married Percy was still married to someone else.The surroundings were familiar The last time Mary and Percy had come to Switzerland had been during their elopement a couple of years earlier, accompa I have a favourite Kate Beaton strip framed up in our book roomFull size image here Mary was what eighteen years old when she went on this famous holiday to Lake Geneva with Percy Bysshe Shelley and Byron and Byron s physician She was calling herself Mrs Shelley , though they had not yet married Percy was still married to someone else.The surroundings were familiar The last time Mary and Percy had come to Switzerland had been during their elopement a couple of years earlier, accompanied by her sister, who was also in love with him Mary had got pregnant, but the baby girl was born prematurely and died in February 1815 Now they were back, trying to put the past behind them and enjoy a holiday with Byron, who at the time was sleeping with Mary s stepsister Percy s first wife would soon be out of the picture, found drowned in the Serpentine in an advanced state of pregnancy before the year was out M...Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend A sorrowful tale of lost love and self loathing conveyed with divine prose.

Frankenstein
  • 26 October 2018
  • Paperback
  • 288 pages
  • 0143131842
  • Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  • Frankenstein