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i forgot how good this book is ahhh
minus the incest. mary shelley wtf
— Nov 09, 2023 04:46PM
minus the incest. mary shelley wtf
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It was published in the early 1800s where incest is extremely common tho 🤧
It’s definitely not as extreme as GoT
BookishCorgi wrote: "Wait what? There’s incest in Frankenstein?? Bleh! But then again, I’m currently reading Game Of Thrones and there’s loads of incest in that series! 😬"
Yes, in the original 1818 text, Victor marries his cousin. In the later edited version Shelley took this part out tho lol
But then again, I’m currently reading Game Of Thrones and there’s loads of incest in that series! 😬