Frankenstein

Brossura, 316 pagine

lingua Italiano

Pubblicato il 2013 da Feltrinelli.

ISBN:
978-88-07-82238-4
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“Uno spettro si aggira per l’immaginario collettivo, e questo spettro si chiama Frankenstein. Mary Shelley ha indubbiamente creato un capolavoro, ma anche una sorta di icona pop, divenuta proverbiale e versatile, tale da essere evocata nelle situazioni più impensate. [...] Da un lato Frankenstein suscita interesse come ipotesi sulla possibilità di un mortale di sostituirsi a Dio, o alla Natura, mentre dall’altro riporta alla luce ogni sentimento di orrore e di repulsione radicato nei più profondi recessi dell’animo umano. Sotto questo punto di vista, l’impatto dell’opera sul lettore è duplice, stimolandone allo stesso modo l’interesse così come le più cupe emozioni; il ritmo serrato dell’inseguimento assieme ai crimini perpetrati dal mostro contribuiscono ulteriormente a tenere alta la tensione, mentre il pericolo della cosiddetta ‘hideous progeny’ — a cui la creatura potrebbe dare origine se dotata di una compagna della …

3 edizioni

I loved the writing alot, but the plot not so much

Some people call this the first SciFi book ever written (in about 1816), and I found out I'm really into 19th century tone of narration.

Yet the plot is not so large that the book should need 200 pages to get through. There are many passages with tedious self-reflection of both Victor Frankenstein and his unnamed "monster". Also, the plot isn't really good - the monster behaves like a gentleman most of the times, he learns exceptional english by listening to a French family etc.

But the "monster" isn't really a monster, it's just made to be one by Victor, his creator who does not fill the role of dad he also has in relation to his creation. The monster kills, but only once enraged and made to be forlorn by Victor himself, and all other humans, who get enraged just by seeing him.

It appears also …

Review of 'Frankenstein by Mary Shelley' on 'Goodreads'

3.75/5.

I seriously liked the first half. It definitely became a bit boring afterwards.

There are some very beautifully written segments, but there is also some character behavior that... maybe was normal 200 years ago, but definitely made me disconnect a bit from the story.

I will be reading the revised story, because I've heard great things about it and there is definitely a lot to learn from these.