I have to do it. I have to recommend one of my favorite books of all time: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. That’s right! It is a phenomenal story of betrayal, love, commitment, revenge, longing, and ridicule. Who could ask for more?
At the ripe old age of eighteen, Shelley wrote this story as her contribution to a ghost story competition between her, her husband Percy Bysse Shelley, and Lord Byron. Both men wrote their stories quickly, but Mary could not conceive of a truly horrifying tale so easily, so the story goes. Then one night she wakes after a horrible dream of a monster created from spare body parts knowing she had been gifted with a story to rival no other. Voila! One of the greatest Gothic novels of all time was borne!
The story of Frankenstein was made into myriad movies, cartoons, dolls, and other medium and yet, few people know the true story of the unloved monster. Be in the know and read this great novel. I am beginning it this week with my AP Seniors and I am hopeful that they love it as much as I do. There are few characters in literature that I have come to adore more than the monster created by an ambitious young man who had no idea that the work of his own hands would destroy his life. LOVE IT!!!!
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