Book Review: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

I'm never sure about reading a book whose gist is so famous that I'm not going to bother with a summary. How much could I hope to get out of it? Well, if nothing else, I could take pride in being among the few who knew exactly how much of the legend traced back to the beginning. I was pretty sure the James Whale movies played fast and loose with the source material, and I'd rather not watch the unpopular other screen adaptations.

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My next read is Word Spy: The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture by Paul McFedries. That's bound not to depress me.