Norton Critical Editions: Frankenstein (Series #0) (Edition 2) (Paperback)

from zoeernie

I don't think I had any idea how much I would enjoy this book. Of course, the films focus on the monster terrorizing the village, but the book is more about the creator's internal struggles and remorse. Great Gothic novel. The style reminds me in many ways of Wilkie Collins's Woman in White, some...

from JBD1

Frankenstein is one of those "you may think you know the story" books ... the idea of this book sort of gets ingrained at some point, but reading it you discover it's not really like that at all. The story is much less ridiculous than the caricature of it; Shelley's tale is much more sinister and...

from baswood

Everybody thinks they know the story of Frankenstein, although many will have not read the book. They will have most likely seen one of the many film versions or will have at least some idea of what Frankenstein is because the word Frankenstein has passed into common usage as a word signifying mo...

from lena_kate

Unbelievable. This book was the core text for my undergrad dissertation on the psychology of horror fiction. It's just incredible how saturated this book is with psychological undertones... not just in regards the plot and characters but also the interconnections with the author herself. There is...

from Anduril85

I found the language in this book to be a little tiresome at times what with all of it's 'His continence, her continence, it's continence, the dogs continence' talk but it's old what do you expect, other than this I fond it to be a good book about the exploration of society's problems and lacking...