Frankenstein

The 1818 Text

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Frankenstein (2021, Independently Published)

English language

Published Feb. 16, 2021 by Independently Published.

ISBN:
979-8-4803-0893-8
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4 stars (49 reviews)

This is the original edition which was published in 3 volumes. The cover photograph is of Volume 1. Published anonymously. By Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. First edition. With half-titles. Title page with quote from Milton's Paradise Lost: "Did I request thee, maker, from my clay / To mould me man? Did I solicit thee / From darkness to promote me?" Printer statement from title page verso of volume 1; place of printing follows printer. Pagination: volume 1: xii, 181, [3] pages; volume 2: [4], 156 pages; volume 3: [4], 192, [4] pages. Publisher's advertisements on 2 unnumbered pages at end of volume 1 and 2 unnumbered pages at the end of volume 3.

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Review of 'Frankenstein' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I admit that I avoided reading this book while reading it. That is, if I had something else to distract me (role-playing game manuals, my phone, dishes, cleaning toilets), I'd often opt to do those more interesting things than read this.

The thing is Frankenstein creates a monster. He doesn't think about what he's doing while he's doing it. He doesn't notice that he's suffering ill-health while creating it. He doesn't consider what the implications of his act will be. And in that regard, the story can be a cautionary tale about our habit of jumping into a technology without considering its effects. Yet, consider Frankenstein's warnings against searching for knowledge instead of remaining ignorant; he himself admits his original goal was for riches, not necessarily the betterment of humanity. Is the caution then against growth and knowledge? Or is it against thirsting for knowledge at the desire for filthy …

Review of 'Frankenstein, or, the Modern Prometheus (1818 Text)' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

El libro va de que la sociedad es incapaz de aceptar a un ser que usa cuatro veces la construcción "para conmigo" en una intervención, así que el ostracismo al que es sometido Frankenstein (no Viktor sino su creación, que lógicamente debe llevar su nombre) está totalmente justificado.

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