Thread: Frankenstein, has anyone here read it?

Originally Posted by majurey

It is indeed a great book. When people refer to Frankenstein, it's often pointed out to them that Frankenstein was not the monster, but the man who created the monster. But what I took from it, Frankenstein himself was the monster, without any understanding or sympathy for the being he created and his inhumane treatment and rejection of the creature. I found myself despising the man, Frankenstein.

It's interesting you should mention this. A lot of people don't take that away from it. The monster really was the more human of the two in many ways. The Hammer Frankenstein movies, in spite of their shortcomings, when taken as a whole do a fairly good job of depicting how Victor Frankenstein over time became not just inhumane but really inhuman as his obsession with creating life whilst destroying it in the process came to be his sole focus. He didn't even realise the broad swath of destruction he was cutting or how many people--including himself--he was hurting.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

Amen.... but then again how many movies do anything justice?

Yes, Amen. (Although Watchmen came close).

I find it an amazing fact that she wrote this incredible story when she was a mere 20 years old.

Actually, she was 19 when she wrote it.

Thanks for the info - even more astonishing!

Hi,

IIRC, she wrote two (2) (or more ?) versions of the book. I know they were both available many moons ago (about ten years) when I worked in a book warehouse.

It is a very good read

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ