Famous Last
Line
“He was soon borne away by the waves and
lost in darkness and distance.”
This line is from the novel Frankenstein, which was published in the
year 1818 by the author Mary Shelley who lived from 1797 to 1851. This author
is also known for other works, including Valperga
and Perkin Worbeck.
The books Frankenstein tells the story of
Frankenstein who wants to create a living human but creates something what he
calls a “monster”. He flees from it, because he is scared but then he notices
that the “monster” killed his brother. Later they meet each other and
Frankenstein gives the promise to create a wife for the creature, therefore
they stay away from any humans. But he breaks his promise and the creature
kills his wife. Frankenstein begins a hunt on him and later they both lose
their lives.
Another summary, that is written pretty easily, can be found here.
Frankenstein got mostly very good
reviews. It counts to one of the classical horror books and many authors such
as Stephen King declared to be influenced by this novel. Many appreciate it for
its deeper meaning and how it deals with a person who tries to be god and the
creature that is hated by its outer image.
This is a review from the internet that deals with this novel.
I am really interested to read this book. I
think almost everybody heard already about this book and kind of knows what it
is about. However, probably not too many really understand it. I think, it
seems to be very interesting, also because of the themes it deals with it. This
novel is one where I would rather prefer to read it than to watch one of the
movies that were made.
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I have never taught Frankenstein but would like to in the future. It's written using lots of letters/correspondence, which is interesting. There are also so many questions about theme and ethics and so on that could be explored. Nice job on this post. Thanks, Ole!
ReplyDeleteAnd how I said, I would be very interesting to read it! Of course I heard about the story before but I think it makes a large difference if you just read the summary or the whole book.
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