You have heard the story:
Victor Frankenstein, through months of restless study, uncovers the secret to reanimating human flesh. He brings to life a being of his own morbid creation and, after looking upon the gruesome face of what he has done, he flees from the monster. As Frankenstein flees his shame, he only inflicts more pain upon himself and those he loves most. Try as he might to outrun his past, it always finds a way to catch up with him.
It is always interesting to read the original version of a tale so widely known and parodied. Although the language is out of date and the prose is a bit lengthy, the overall story remains captivating, and the different narrators offer interesting points of comparison. Mary Shelley has truly created a story that has lasted the test of time.
(P.S. If you read the version which is pictured here (The Whole Story), there are little illustrations and helpful blurbs about poems and places that Shelley references, which were really helpful for me.)
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