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The monsters
Mary Shelley & the curse of Frankenstein
By Hoobler, Dorothy & Hoobler, Thomas
- ISBN
- 978-0-31600-078-9
- Publisher
- New York : Little, Brown, 2006.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on April 15, 2006
"I cannot live without loving and being loved-without sympathy-if this is denied to me I must die." Mary Shelley recorded this entry in her journal five years after the death of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley. This statement echoes the lament of the monster in her novel,Frankenstein , "I was wretched, helpless and alone," leading the Hooblers ("The American Family Albums" series) to establish a connection between the author and the monster she created. "Mary knew its feelings we...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
