Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus

Brossura, 550 pagine

Pubblicato il 18 Ottobre 2018 da Franklin Classics Trade Press.

ISBN:: 978-0-343-73609-5

(2 recensioni)

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821.

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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.