We are reading Frankenstein for our book club. What a depression story. Interesting that they call it Horror because it is not scary at all. Half the story is spent with Dr. Frankenstien lamenting that he created the monster. "Get over it and take responsibility for it already!!" lol :-)
The Dr. is a narcissitic jerk if you ask me about it. Whatever. It is interesting to know that the author Mary Shelley was the daughter of some "free thinkers" in the late 1700's. Her parents didn't believe in marriage, though did so because of the children. Then Mary eloped with a married man, and his wife commits suicide. There's more tragedy in her life as well, so I guess the book is a reflection of her life.
What I've taken from it is, if you leave God out of the picture than "anything goes." When that happens, you don't have a good future because God designed the universe and gave us rules for our happiness. If we reject that, then great sorrow is the result, among other things.
This book is a great illustation of what NOT to do with your life.
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I have friends that recommend this book highly. Would you still rate it a great book or classic?
I am the daughter of an English Professor but I really haven't liked many of the classics that we read. Jane Eyre was a snore up until page 200 then it got good. I almost didn't finish it. Half of these books I have to MAKE myself read.
I'm sure that each classic is there for the cultural insights they give and that IS interesting to me. To learn the sensiblities of a different time period is enlightening. And all of course are well written.
I'm just used to reading books with good, interesting story lines. Many of these classics go on and on about characters you'll never meet again and repeat themselves. I just don't find that interesting. But that is me.
You know Helen, you REALLY need to post something new on this blog ;-)
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