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Book of the Month -- 2019
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BOTM October 2019: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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Since FRANKENSTEIN is long off copyright, here are links to FREE versions (ePub, Kindle, or read online):1) From Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/84
2) From University of Adelaide, Australia: https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/shel...
Some of you may know the story behind young Shelley's book...but did you know that both Frankenstein & The Vampyre were created basically on the same night (and in the same house)?
How A Teenage Girl Became the Mother of Horror [and, some would say, Science Fiction]:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/hi...
Iβm joining this one! And hope the classic english isnβt too hard. (War of the worlds was like French to me). Otherwise Iβll try to get a translation in the library.
I read this book years ago on a whim and it blew me away. Itβs a truly excellent read. Hard to put down for sure. Very deep and thought provoking for my personally.
Finished, and this is one of my favorite classics ever! So heartbreaking and tragic but what a great message. (view spoiler) Loved this one!
Reading, and loving it!
Iβve finished it and feel the same as Vickie described. What a beautiful read and tragic story! How can this be written by someone still so young?
Hi! I found this group by seeing a comment here on Frankenstein, so I joined the group, so I could slow read monthly books. I'm sorry I missed reading Shelley's book again, but I know it pretty well. This intrigued me since I was the first author to write a sequel to the original novel in almost 200 years. BACK FROM THE DEAD: the true sequel to Frankenstein. Since then, other authors have come out with their own versions. It's almost been made into a movie, twice! Last year, a European study on horror writing used my book as a sample.
Here's what a writer/producer had to say: "I've now read Back To The Dead and, as I had hoped, the story works from beginning to end. It's a great re-imagining of the Frankenstein story." Lawrence Konner, writer/producer - Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire)
I wish you all a Happy Holiday season!
Hi. I thought I might add this since I said I was the first to write a sequel to Mary Shelley's original book.
Transmedia Creatures: Frankensteinβs Afterlives is a fascinating scholarly review on the transmedia of Frankenstein. The editors honored me by taking my novel, Back From The Dead: the true sequel to Frankenstein, and devoting a 14-page literary review and breakdown explaining the resurgence of this mythical creature.
βI argue that, while offering a deconstruction and reconstruction of previous texts in an intertextual relationship, literary sequels simultaneously open challenging pathways towards innovative developments of the narrative material.β
Chapter 13:
Revivifying Frankenstein's Myth:
Historical Encounters and Dialogism in Back from the Dead: The True Sequel to Frankenstein
Anna Enrichetta Soccio
(Bucknell University Press)
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With 44% of the vote, our October read will be Frankenstein by the fabulous Mary Shelley. Remember to use spoiler tags if you want to get specific with details. Happy Reading!