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Bewertet in Spanien am 12. Februar 2025
Muy cautivador el personaje de Frankenstein con todos sus matices. Lectura recomendable. Narrativa y vocabulario faciles de comprender aún cuando el inglés no es mi lengua materna.
Shyama
Bewertet in Indien am 4. August 2024
Coming from one of the most authentic authoress of the British Romantic Age, Mary Shelly's Frankenstein delves into the repercussions of thirst for knowledge. The plot starts with an epistle of Walton to his sister describing his sea voyage and the story of rescued man called Victor Frankenstein whose knowledge of Natural Philosophy and chemistry makes him a creator of a "Daemon". He relates his story of making this creature who turned his life upside-down. As unbiased as it is, Mary Shelley also gets into the mind and experience of the creature. Though of eight feet, the creature is a new born child who was abandoned without any speech and knowledge of the world. The creature suffers in the hands of the country people, even from the people he has called "my protectors". When disregarded and ill treated by the people he loved, he follows his creator to make a deal with him. But when Frankenstein, out of human instinct, didn't abide to his demand, the creature goes mad with rage and starts killing the people Frankenstein loves. Towards the end when Frankenstein dies in Walton's ship, the creature, having no more purpose of life, goes away.From a reader's perspective, both the characters were well written and well developed. No one can be blamed for their endeavors. They have done what they thought would be the right thing to do. I have my sympathy for Victor Frankenstein but my heart cried for the creature. He has suffering having no fault of his own. The creature was more humane than humans. He has sympathy for everyone even though he has killed people out of sheer rage.The theme of Alienation is so powerfully depicted through the experience of the creature. Even though written 150 years before the concept of existentialism and absurdism were developed, this novel is concerned with mid-20th Century world. Involuntarily, Mary Shelley has prophesied the future of the succeeding generation.Undoubtedly this book has won over hearts all over the world and maintained its value and intensity for three centuries and will keep doing it for the centuries to come.
Nilton C. Teixeira
Bewertet in Kanada am 3. Februar 2024
“Frankenstein has done more than any other story to define the anxieties of modern life. But it’s what it tells us about compassion that we need now more than ever.”, by Rebecca Lawrence (BBC Culture - June 13, 2018)If you think that because you have watched the movie adaptations you can skip this book, then you don’t know what you are missing.The movie obscured Shelley’s intentions.This is not a horror book.It’s a drama at its finest.The writing is fascinating!And if you add the audiobook narrated by Dan Stevens you will be transported to the era and be totally involved in the emotional rollercoaster.The writing is complex and vivid and expresses the anguish of both monster and creator.I thought the story was exceptionally well told and the writing definitely brought it to life.What I enjoyed the most is that we have the monster’s perspective.What an incredible imagination!The author was 18 years old and this book was written in 1818, so take that into consideration.What a great read!
Fel
Bewertet in Deutschland am 24. März 2024
Ich kann nur empfehlen auch mal das Original dieser legendären Geschichte zu lesen.Wie viele andere kenne ich hunderte Iterationen dieser Geschichte in anderen Serien und Filmen, aber ich muss sagen, das Original war sehr anders, als ich erwartet habe.Zusätzlich hat es mich dazu motiviert mich mit Mary Shelley und ihrem sehr spannendem Leben zu beschäftigen.
Ajay
Bewertet in Singapur am 20. September 2024
Only issues Is the cover which seems very flimsy and substandard, height of the book is also quite short so the font size is also smaller
MEDE
Bewertet in Deutschland am 8. Februar 2023
Ich möchte in der Rezension zwei Dinge unterscheiden, die Kindle Version zum einen und zum anderen den Inhalt des Buches.Zur Kindle Version:Die Kindle Version gefällt mir sehr gut. Die Schrift ist in Ordnung und gut lesbar und es gibt Seitenzahlen, was mir auch immer wichtig ist.Zum Inhalt:Da ich nicht zu viel verraten möchte, hier das Ganze nur in Kürze. Im Prinzip enthält die Geschichte mehrere einzelne Geschichten. So wird Victor Frankenstein von einer Expedition aufgegriffen als dieser dabei ist, jemanden zu verfolgen. Frankenstein erzählt nun seine Geschichte. Der Leser erfährt, wie er bereits als Kind die Grenzen der Wissenschaft erforschen wollte. Später mündet sein Forschungsdrang in der Erschaffung eines lebenden Toten. Die Ereignisse überschlagen sich und es kommt zu Grausamkeiten, Gewalt und Tod.Später trifft Frankenstein erneut auf sein Geschöpf und der Leser erfährt nun die Geschichte des lebenden Toten, erzählt von Victor Frankenstein.Mehr soll aber nicht verraten werden. Der Roman hat mir insgesamt wirklich gut gefallen. Er ist sehr dicht und spannend erzählt. Zudem wird eine dunkle, Grenzen sprengende Atmosphäre erzeugt.Fazit: Sehr lesenswerter Roman, der mir gut gefallen hat.Vielen Dank für das Lesen meiner Rezension. Ich hoffe, sie ist hilfreich. :)
Jin
Bewertet in Deutschland am 3. Februar 2022
I read the 1818 edition and I loved it. The complexity of the story was great and I truly loved how the stories were interlaced into each other and unfolded to a catastrophe. It was not just a story about the creation of a monster and its creator but an interlude between nature and science, solitude and love, and ultimately a report of how a human is (or should be) defined. The monster itself doesn't get much "screen time" but he is ubiquitous and the question keeps repeating about human bonds and the acknowledgement of one's own existence.Being a classics fan, I was captivated by the book but if you are not used to the language and the writing style, you may not really be as fascinated by this book as I was.
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Bewertet in Deutschland am 6. Mai 2021
seriously. the book is just killing my eyes
Riley
Bewertet in Japan am 29. März 2021
A great read. Very deep and emotional story that makes you wonder about the “evil” inside all of us.
Deckard
Bewertet in Deutschland am 14. April 2020
It is common to read the classics because "you are supposed to" and because the story has become part of the popular mainstream culture which is the case with Frankenstein, but what I find really interesting is when you actually read the story and discover a myriad of phylosophical thoughts and ideas that you did not expect.Before reading it I expected the creature to be a dumb monster that Victor Frankenstein struggled to stop and destroy but when you read it, you actually see that it is a naive character, similar to a child, that gets thrown into a world that despises him because of his aspect (something that he did not have anything to do with) and that turns him bitter and resentful which in the end brings a spiral of murder and death.The responsibility that the scientist that creates him neglects to have seems to justify his behavior although in the explaining notes at the end it's well pointed out that the creature has a choice on how to act as well, like any other human, and turning into a murderer was uniquely his choice.Interesting novel, short and easy to read and with everlasting ideas. Recommended.
Gerlinde Vogel
Bewertet in Deutschland am 16. April 2019
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-Kunde
Bewertet in Deutschland am 24. Mai 2005
This book is definitly a must-read for anyone interessted in literature. It is a shame that the majority of people does not know that Frankenstein is the creator not the monster. Dr. Victor Frankstein of Geneva, Switzerland is reading medicine in Ingoldstadt, Germany being completely fascinated if not obsessed with the idea of creating a new life. His professors warn him, but he does not listen and sows a body together, the body parts are taken mostly from executed robbers and other criminals. He succeeds in bringing life to the bulk of flesh, but abhors at the same time his creation and flees home, leaving this creature, which does not even have a name, alone.The "beast", it never receives a name throughout the novel, roams around in the forest sourrounding Ingoldstadt, with the only remainder of his father, his notes, which he cannot read. Stepping outside the house, the townspeople are equally detest this extremely tall and strong man, so he has to flee to the woods. There he stays in a family's barn without them noticing, helping them through the rough winter, whereever he can. Here he also learns to read and decipher his creators handwriting. The creature tracks him down and kills his family one by one, as Frankenstein does not want to create a female for him.Victor seeks revenge and wants to destroy the monster. He follows him into the arctic, where both finally die.This is a brilliant novel bringing up questions of religion, such as Shall we play God? and humanity, Are we really as humane as we think? Frankenstein has the possibility of shaping this creatures mind, educate him, give him a future. The only thing, however, he really sees was the outer appearance, not the potential, that this creature has. This also signifies our shallowness and superficiality. We are more concerned with people's appearance than what they look like inside!
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