Frankenstein

by Patrick Nobes, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Oxford Bookworms offer students at all levels the opportunity to extend their reading and appreciation of English. There are six stages, taking students from elementary to advanced level. At the lower stages, many of the texts have been specially written for the series, to provide elementary and lower-intermediate students with an introduction to real reading in English. At the higher stages, most of the books have been adapted from works originally published for native speakers.

Genres: Classics, Horror, Science Fiction, Teaching

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

Reviews

[Abrar Alarjan · Rating 3 out of 5]

من كثرة ما اُستهلِكت هذه القصة في الأفلام والروايات ،فصرت كأنني أعرف أحداثها .

نعم ،هوليود نجحت أكثر من مرة في جعلها مادة تُستهلك مرة بعد مرة دون ملل وهذا هو الأدب الخالد العالمي الذي ينجح في كل زمان ومكان .

[Mercedé Khodadadi · Rating 5 out of 5]

The good part is these abridged bookworm series is you will read what a famous book is about, without being forced to read the whole long original book. I wish when I was a teenager and my English was still in progress, I could read the whole bookworm series. Good old days.

[Mercedé Khodadadi · Rating 5 out of 5]

The good part of these abridged bookworm series is you will read what a famous book is about, without being forced to read the whole long original book. I wish when I was a teenager and my English was still in progress, I could read the whole bookworm series. Good old days.

[Anastasia · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5.

[Erik Wasmosy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lo lei porque mi primo me dijo que tenía un libro en inglés para prestarme.

Es una version recortada (50pags) del original, hecho para aumentar el vocabulario (es una linea de libros de oxford con distinto niveles de cantidad de palabras). Perdón si lo que digo ya es algo bastante sabido, pero bueno no sabia antes de leerlo. Me entretuvo, tiene un tono bastante friendly, asi que supongo que es muy muy diferente al original. Algun dia vere para leer el original.

[Naohiro Hotta · Rating 4 out of 5]

1. Mary Shelley, Oxford Bookworms Library, Level 3

2. 5/17=120 minutes

3. curious, mistake, terriblle, murder, promise, safe, break

4. "I joined the body to the wires from my machine. More wires joined the machine to the mast. I was sure that my machine could use electricity from lightning to give life to the body." These sentences are my favorite ones because they state the process to make frankenstein clearly. Actually so far I didn't know the way to make the monster. I regarded frankenstain as a monster from such a death world. But my thought was a little correct accorded to this story. How about you? Do you know the process to make frankenstain?

5. Through reading this story, I actualy sympathize with frankenstain's feeling because he just wanted to have friends. However, most people were afraid of his ugly and terrible face. Moreover, they threw stones or something to him. I thought it was bias for human being. I was reminded a same story, "Elephant man" that we read around last year maybe. The main character in "Elephant man" also had ugly face and had to cover it with like a sack because some people were frightened his miserable face, however, in the end it would be happy. In a case of this story, frankestain would never rather come a bad end than a happy one. When I see such a monster, actually how will I feel? Maybe I will also try to escae there. How about you? If you were in the situation, how would you feel and what would you do?

[Namiko]

I've just embark on level 3 at last!!! Yes, the plot is getting more interesting. I am really happy. The name of Frankenstein is very familiar but I hadn't really known the story. I didn't know Frankenstein is the man who made this monster using some dead bodies! The monster did cruel things because he was attacked by people. People is very cold to him when they see his apprearance. This is very sad.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

The more you read it, the more you can feel that it really has a lot of depth than what the surface story is telling. Frankenstein as a modern monster icon is really missing the point about the Frankenstein story. Read it slowly and reflect on the emotions portrayed and I found it a satisfying read.

[Selma · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved it!

[Marija MB · Rating 2 out of 5]

"Why did you create me if you were no ready to love me?"
"I'm only happy when I'm asleep."

I find it a bit unrealistic. How could Frankenstain's monster know to speak and write fluently a few days after he is created

I fell pitty for this creature, it's not a monster it just look like that. He only wants to be loved and have familly but everybody is scared of him becouse he looks ugly. Even Victor Frankestain runs away from him which is unresponseble and cruel and that's the reason I think the real monster is him.

[Ginary · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5 ⭐️

Frases 💕

"I could not understand why men who knew all about good and evil could hate and kill each other"

"My heart was made for love, like a man's heart"

🌱📚🌱
Es una versión bastante resumida del libro, pero es un buen resumen y logra exponer brevemente los puntos más sensibles de la narración. Desde que leí el libro completo me ha parecido que Frankenstein es una historia bastante triste en medio del terror que puede causar, y al leer esta versión resumida lo volví a comprobar.

[Rikko215 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Frankenstein is known as the name of zombi. This novel showed me different aspects of Frankenstein as a scientist, who created a monster out of dead things. In a laboratory with a very tall mast, he used electricity to give life to things that were dead. Later on, the monster became conscious and started killing people necessary to Frankenstein.

I started to feel the oxford Bookworms series have a similar style in their plot, giving me a desire to explore something more as a novel.

[KT Hugge · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you just want to know the plot of this famous story, read this (or any, really) abridged version and you're good to go...
(DON'T READ THE ORIGINAL IF YOU CAN AVOID IT! You'll die of boredom if you do, because there is so much unimportant fluff and learned words you don't really need to read to understand the basic idea behind the story)

[Pham Tung · Rating 4 out of 5]

Many people mistakenly believe the creature in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is named Frankenstein. In reality, the creature remains nameless in the story. As Victor Frankenstein's creation, the creature could be considered a Frankenstein (a member of the family), but their relationship is more enemy than familial.

This is a fantastic but tragic story.

[Fernanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fue una lectura muy interesante y entretenida, cargada de muchas emociones, conflictos y cuestionamientos que me hicieron dudar sobre mi postura respecto a la situación. Llegué a empatizar con ambos personajes principales y por ello sus desgracias me dolieron mucho. Sin duda una lectura muy disfrutable

[Sara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yo nunca había leído la historia de frankestein y nos la pusieron como lectura obligatoria en inglés. Pensé que sería una historia aburrida pero la verdad me sorprendió para bien.

Nos cuenta la historia de Frankestein , un científico que se propone crear vida a partir de la ciencia. Cuando lo consigue, se da cuenta de que ha cometido un error, porque no ha creado un humano, sino un monstruo. O eso es lo que él cree, porque tal vez lo que el monstruo necesita es amor

El libro fue ligero aunque el final muy decepcionante

[Andrea · Rating 2 out of 5]

Huh, it was such a terrible reading. Do I recommend it? No. Yeah, it's true that I've read it because of high school. But, well, if you can choose if you want to read it or not, I really think there are books pretty better than this one. I mean, I can't just understand why is this book so famous? Am I supposed to empathize with a serial killer? No, sorry, but this was definitely not for me.

[Danilo Soto · Rating 4 out of 5]

I believe the book is an essential novel that everyone should read because it was the first science fiction novel, also known as The Modern Prometheus. Many people have seen movies or cartoons about it, but it’s not the same as reading the original work. When it comes to science, we shouldn’t use it without thinking; instead, we must be responsible people for the future.

[Lara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Leído para el examen, aunque realmente me debería leer el original. Someday, you know. Creo que me gustaría más ese, porque falta muchísimo. Y el lenguaje es muy simple. Pero no se le puede pedir mucho. Solid 3. Original might be a 5, I really do like the themes the book has.

[Jam Ajna Soares · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Um" - licença TALVEZ por estar naquele momento em particular na história da literatura, mas - bebê chorão escreve um livro sobre um bebê chorão que cria outro bebê chorão.
Com recorrentes saltos temporais de meses como se fosse comprar pão na esquina.

Seriously. :/

[Ivy` · Rating 4 out of 5]

i love even that summary,i will adore the original text i know.i have to read this for my major but later i will read in my native language and probably read again english with full text.it is so good for a first book of a genre.

[Yuki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maybe I read this book when I was a child, or maybe I had never read it before. Any way, I only knew the name Frankenstein and his ugly face before it reading. Therefore, I was interested in reading this book with the sense of first time. I felt very pained when I knew the heart and sadness of Frankenstein. Moreover, I couldn't help thinking about the feelings of committing a crime.

[Trung Hiếu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tất cả chỉ là hư cấu hay có thật trong lịch sử....?

[Nermin Babacan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wonder what happens next! :(

[Laurene Allibert · Rating 3 out of 5]

"I stood there in the dark and the rain, and knew that I had created a monster. And he had murdered
my brother."

[Natalie Moore · Rating 2 out of 5]

Is it cheating if I read this abridged version of Frankenstein rather than the full version?

Glad that’s over with though :)

[Belén · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es la primera vez que leo un libro en inglés y estoy emocionada por eso🤭 Me demoré un poco más porque algunas palabras no me hacían sentido, pero lo terminé :3

[Maram Ibrahim · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wasting of time

[Axelle Caneli · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un classique.

[cam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me re gustó
Ahora quiero leer la versión larga