Frankenstein

Brossura, 141 pagine

lingua English

Pubblicato il 23 Settembre 2019 da Independently published.

ISBN:: 978-1-0996-2398-1

(2 recensioni)

It starts one freezing morning, a man wanders alone across the Arctic ice and is rescued from starvation by a captain of a ship. Doctor Victor Frankenstein's story is one of ambition, hubris, murder, alienation and revenge. As a younger scientist he breaks moral boundaries in order to mimic God and create life. But his creation is a monster stitched together from grave-robbed body parts who has no place in the world, and his life can only lead to tragedy and isolation. Mary Shelly's gothic tale is one of the greatest horror stories ever published and considered by some to be the first science fiction novel.

51 edizioni

el dang ha recensito Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus di Mary Shelley

An unexpected pleasure

5 stelle

I wasn't expecting to like this book anywhere near as much as I ended up doing! The story as told in the book is much more interesting than the limited image of it that's got in to popular culture, and this was my first encounter with the whole thing. It's so much more about deeply flawed Victor Frankenstein (TLDR: our reading group kept using the term "main character syndrome") than about the mad science process. And while the creature is far from likeable, his portrayal has genuine pathos, even though most of what we hear about him is secondhand through the recounting of someone who hates him.

There are several impressively strong resonances to the modern world, between the general lack of ethics in tech and the current wave of "AI" hype. And of course big self-centred men who think that extreme success in one sphere gives them licence to …

I wasn't expecting to like this book anywhere near as much as I ended up doing! The story as told in the book is much more interesting than the limited image of it that's got in to popular culture, and this was my first encounter with the whole thing. It's so much more about deeply flawed Victor Frankenstein (TLDR: our reading group kept using the term "main character syndrome") than about the mad science process. And while the creature is far from likeable, his portrayal has genuine pathos, even though most of what we hear about him is secondhand through the recounting of someone who hates him.

There are several impressively strong resonances to the modern world, between the general lack of ethics in tech and the current wave of "AI" hype. And of course big self-centred men who think that extreme success in one sphere gives them licence to behave as badly as they like in others.

Baylee ha recensito Frankenstein di Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

3 stelle

Ho un serio problema con Frankenstein: non sopporto Victor Frankenstein. Per tutta la durata del romanzo non fa che lamentarsi di essere l'uomo più sventurato del mondo e io a tutt'oggi devo capire perché si sia tirato la zappa sui piedi, abbandonando la sua Creatura.

Simbologia e interpretazioni a parte, mi è sempre sembrato strano e ingiusto che Frankenstein non solo rifiutasse la sua Creatura, ma addirittura la abbandonasse a se stessa nella speranza che gli facesse il favore di morire. Messa così, il comportamento della Creatura diventa più comprensibile, sebbene non giustificabile. Sarà per questo che con il tempo il nome Frankenstein è andato a designare la Creatura più che l'artefice nell'immaginario popolare.