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Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image … but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates.
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Grade 9 Up-Full-color drawings, photographs, and reproductions with extended captions have been added to the unedited text of Shelley's novel, thus placing the work in the context of the era in which it was written. The artwork faithfully represents the text and makes this edition appealing to reluctant readers. Unfortunately, many of the captions provide tangential information that, although interesting, interrupts the flow of the story. However, readers will quickly learn that it is not necessary to read every caption and appreciate this volume for its many quality illustrations.
Michele Snyder, Chappaqua Public Library, NY
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Michele Snyder, Chappaqua Public Library, NY
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A+ for "Frankenstein by Mary Shelley",
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This review is from: Frankenstein (Paperback)
A+ for "Frankenstein by Mary Shelley"A classic in English literature and a classic science fiction novel. We cannot judge a book from this time period based on the standards of today, which is to say we shouldn't judge it on how thrilling it is alone. The strength of this novel comes from the issues of morality that it raises, and from the psychological issues the characters and the plot itself provoke. Not necessarily an easy read for everyone, but something that should be read.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unexpected Sympathy and Disgust,
This review is from: Frankenstein (Paperback)
Frankenstein is a great novel. I went into it with all the flawed knowledge that television had told me of the tale. Of course, I was blown away with how the tale really went. I really enjoyed this book, and my friend who read it was also pleasently suprised by just how "awsome" it was.I will try not to mention any plot give aways, but I feel I need to mention some things. The main characters in the novel are Victor Frankenstein and the "daemon" we all know he has created. My emotions for both these characters constantly varied throughout the book. Both characters were driven by such strong emotions, that I know caused them to make great errors in their judgement. I just wish Victor had the sense to as calmly as he could sit with the monster and discuss why certain things could not be so, and how even though initially the monster was undeserved of the disgust he recieved, that since he had commited horrible crimes, he did indeed deserve all he had recieved. A rational "person", would likely begin to realize that he was right. I would highly suggest reading this book.
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Amazing travel into the depths of the romantic imagination.,
By Tim Jones "Timminator" (My head) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Frankenstein (Paperback)
This book I would not reccomend this book to anyone who found shakespeare hard to understand, lack of imagination, or not a total love for reading. Frankenstein is the gripping romantic tale told through the use of letters of a sailour about a man's creation and how it totally destroyed him. Frankenstein is written with romantic sensitivities so it rests a lot of the weight of the pages on the feelings and forth-commings of the characters. I do not want to ruin the plot for anyone planning on reading but the themes potrayed in this masterpiece of literature is empathy, don't judge a book by its cover, consequences for actions, and to face ones problems and not to avoid them. Great read, I highly reccomend it to any one who has not been blessed with reading it.
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