Re-Reading an Old Favorite

[bookslover]

I read it when I was in my 20s, and I think now I'll read it again: Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) by Mary Shelley (1797-1851).

For those who have never read the original novel, it is most definitely not, Not, NOT like any of the movies that have been made since the 1930s (sorry, Boris Karloff).

Perhaps I should wait to start it until there's a "dark and stormy night" (Snoopy, call your office)...

 

[Herald]

Richard,

You read those in your 20's? They weren't the classics back then as they are now. Did you ever meet Mary Shelley? What was she like?

 

[Reformed Thomist]

Richard,

You read those in your 20's? They weren't the classics back then as they are now. Did you ever meet Mary Shelley? What was she like?

I don't think Mary Shelley was yet around in the days of the Great Flood.

 

[jambo]

I too read Frankenstein whilst in my 20s and I noticed my son was reading it for his English literature class. A few years ago the BBC did a film of Frankenstein which stuck quite close to the book which I particularly enjoyed.

Man trying to act as creator and and look where it all ended. There must be a lesson in that somewhere.

 

[Wayne]

Man trying to act as creator and and look where it all ended. There must be a lesson in that somewhere.

Undoubtedly the most concise, insightful summary I've ever heard of that book. AND an excellent point!