First read the original 1818 text in high school, I couldn’t get past the old-English style of writing. After reading it for a second time, I LOVED it. Not only did I appreciate the style of writing more, but I found the plot to be way more nuanced than I previously remembered. I know this is in no way a “new” take on such a classic story, just wanted to share my thoughts.
by BroomPeople26
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That and The War of the Worlds by HG Wells are still two of my favourite reads.
It’s a great book. I struggled with it for a while until I got used to the language. But it really is a brilliant book.
I really loved reading this novel in college, and now I’m inspired to do a re-read.
It really is a beautiful book. I’ve always been surprised that Bram Stokers Dracula (not a fan of) seems to get much more attention than this does from a literary perspective.
Ts one of the very best books written.
I’m reading this right now! On page 50. Amazing book so far but I definitely can’t read it at night when I’m slightly tired cause I have to focus a lot on the language. Can’t wait to read more this weekend. I know very little about Frankenstein so it’s fun
A very famous book despite many never reading it.It is not just a gothic story but a tragic story too.
I’ve read Frankenstein recently in this new edition which came back to the original… and oh my, this instantly became one of my top books. I was so engaged with the story and loved every part of it. I can’t even explain why, but everything about it was enchanting to me. Especially since I was used to the pop culture version of the story.
Also, I read the version with Lund Ward illustrations and ahhhh, they added so much to the story! So I totally agree with you, maybe it’s not a new story but I feel like it should be appreciated more!
I’m going to re-read it because of your post, thanks! ☺️
I don’t go out of my way to read most classics, but Frankenstein is the one that I’ll happily reread any day!
It’s really terrible.
I had a fun time with it! I wrote a whole essay about Frankenstein from a specifically transgender perspective, and I’m definitely not the first to do so. Check out Susan Stryker’s [My Words to Victor Frankenstein](https://read.dukeupress.edu/glq/article/1/3/237/69091/My-Words-to-Victor-Frankenstein-Above-the-Village) (Above the Village of Chamounix) for a better monster than my own.
Frankenstein should be required reading in every school
i find it so hard to read and so wordy. it’s definitely hard to read
Something else you should look into is the graphic novelization of it by Junji Ito. Ito is a horror master of manga and his interpretations of Frankenstein is really good.
At the end of the 1700s, Sir Humphrey Davey had hundreds of Voltaic piles (batteries) below the Lecture Theatre at the Royal Institute, where he put two ends together and produced a blinding light in the room.
Not long after in 1803, the nephew of Luigi Galvani (Giovanni) had taken a freshly hung corpse of a criminal, put it on a slab in a lecture theatre, and ran a current through the spine. The body seized up, moving and twisting as though back to life, and it was thought electricity could resurrect the dead.
Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein about 14 years later.
I adore this book. I don’t have much to add other than that, I can’t even read it too often as I get too emotional.
One of my favourite books. It instilled a love of reading in me.
Good choice on the 1818 version – it’s a lot more radical than the version Shelley rewrote later in life.
i’ve reread it every year since first reading it in middle school (it’s my hyperfixation lol) and i notice something new to pour over every time
Frankenstein is modern English, not old English. Even Shakespeare is modern English.