Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

I read this book a while ago, and it was quite interesting and very different from any other. It follows the genre, being gothic about the creation of this monster. It is very well-written and follows ths story of the student and his creation, before feeling the need to destroy it after feeling disgusted and deprived of his family and wife. It is an excellent story, but not for those who aren't into the horror genre. I decided the best way for me to review such a book was to pick out my favourite extract from the book, which I feel has a lot to talk about. It is the extract from when Victor (the student) has finally finished creating his desire. I think ...  Read the complete review

To preface this review: this isn't so much a review of the book, but rather a recommendation of which edition to buy, since there are literally tens of them on the market! It's a bit odd that Dooyoo only offer only one version of a novel to review, because there's a big difference between different editions of a text (though many people who haven't studied English at college don't realize this!). Next time you're looking at a literary classic published by Penguin or OUP, have a flick through to front of the volume, and you are likely to find a 'Note on the Text'. This will tell you where the editor has got the text from, and should outline the principles on ...  Read the complete review

Perhaps considered by many to be the original, archetypal ghost story, Frankenstein or *The Modern Prometheus has become synonymous with mad scientists and evil monsters. This seminal piece of writing has gone on to spawn a thousand imitations, lodging itself very firmly in everyday folklore that has a very special place in the modern day psyche I read Frankenstein with the inevitable notion of comparing it to Stoker's Dracula. I have to say that the two books are very different albeit both lit a flame in a literary sense that still burns brightly today. With Frankenstein being so well known it's worth giving a brief introduction to its writer - ...  Read the complete review

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein explores the idea of the 'creation of life'. The idea of Frankenstein seems to show how man can go too far in his exploration of what constitutes 'life'.Frankenstein' raises the never-ending question of how far is too far in relation to medicine. Frankenstein's monster is in effect a load of body parts put together to form a new being and I'm sure nearly everybody finds the idea of this utterly horrific though nowadays in medicine it is routine procedure to transplant organs from people dead and alive to others... something to think about. ABOUT THE AUTHOR ------------------------------------------------------------- Mary ...  Read the complete review

The tale of Victor Frankenstein and the monster he creates has been told time and time again in numerous films. My education seemed sadly lacking in that I had never read Mary Shelley?s original story and found out about the original scientist and his inhuman creation. And so I embarked upon Shelley?s tale of man?s inhumanity to man, divine powers, revenge and retribution. The story started as merely a tale to be told at parties or around the fire on a dark winter?s evening but, encouraged by her husband, Shelley expanded her story into a novel. Was that novel worth the fame it has accrued? THE PLOT Arctic explorer, Robert Walton, is ...  Read the complete review