Frankenstein, loved by many readers for decades and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation.
Swiss medical student Victor Frankenstein discovers the secret of life (which he never reveals, lest someone repeat the mistake). He then puts together a body, essentially a man, from various corpses.
He then becomes horrified by the creature he has built, and abandons. The creature, suffering a great deal of neglect and abuse, still manages to get a thorough education, and learns of his lineage.
After murdering Victors younger brother, and framing the family maid, the creature tells his (admittedly) sad tale to his "father", and then demands a mate.
Victor, in a panic, agrees, then thinks better of it at the last moment, destroying the new bride. In retaliation, the creature murders all of Victors loved ones (including his wife), and leads Victor on a merry chase across the world.
Much like Bram Stokers "Dracula", Mary Shelleys "Frankenstein" is a story well loved by readers.
Frankenstein, an important ancestor of both the horror and science fiction genres, not only tells a terrifying story, but also raises profound, disturbing questions about the very nature of life and the place of humankind within the cosmos:
What does it mean to be human? What responsibilities do we have to each other? How far can we go in tampering with Nature.
Mary Shelly is a rare example of a writer whose ideas clearly outstrip her literary skill--but whose ideas are so powerful that they transcend her literary limitations and continue to resonate today.
And indeed, as science continues to advance, it could not be otherwise so. Mary Shelly could not see into the future of DNA research, laboratory-grown tissues, test-tube babies and the like--but between 1816 and 1818 she wrote a book about the ethical dilemmas that swirl around them.
And for all its flaws, FRANKENSTEIN is perhaps even more relevant today than it was over a hundred and fifty years ago.
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