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With Mary Shelley's Frankenstein included--two tales of terror in one! In this chilling sequel to Mary Shelley's famous tale, Hilary Bailey imagines what might have happened if Frankenstein had created a female companion for his monster. The story begins in 1826 when a wealthy, young man by the name of Jonathan Goodall is introduced to Dr. Frankenstein, now living in London with a wife and small child. Jonathansoon becomes Frankenstein's helper and friend but, when Frankenstein's wife and child are brutally murdered, he becomes entangled in a horrific unfolding of events. Hilary Bailey's gothic prose is constructed with uncanny fidelity to Shelley's original style, as she describes the frightful consequences of Frankenstein's tampering with the laws of nature. Also included is a foreword by the author that describes how Lord Byron and Mary Shelley each agreed to compete and write "a ghost story" and why Shelley won. "In this chilling and intelligent sequel to the never-forgotten story, Hilary Bailey imagines what might have happened if Frankenstein had made a woman, a bride, for his male creature. Bailey plays on the fear of the monstrous, compassionless woman and also plays with it . . . Icy, atmospheric and riveting."--Observer, UK national Sunday newspaper "Icily convincing... Hilary bailey lets the implications of a new story look after themselves. Without fashionable recourse to the erotic or the feminist, she is mistress of the melodrama"-- Mail on Sunday, UK national Sunday newspaper "Frankenstein's bride makes Frankenstein's monster look like a pussycat."-- Sunday Times, UK national Sunday newspaper… (meer)
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Jonathan Goodall is a wealthy Englishman who befriends Victor Frankenstein in 1825. Soon after their meeting, he is asked by the scientist to help restore the speaking voice of Maria Clementi, the mute opera singer with a mysterious past. Victor’s scholarly interest rapidly turns to an all encompassing obsession. Jonathan struggles to help Victor return to reality, but a hulking figure appears around the Frankenstein house. When Victor’s wife and child are killed, Jonathan immediately suspects the mysterious figure. Victor dismisses the possibility and, after a very short depression, redoubles his efforts in pursuing Maria. Can Jonathan awaken Victor from his obsession and stop the murderer from striking again?
Frankenstein’s Bride occurs after the events in Mary Shelley’s classic novel, but with a major change: Victor created a mate for his creation. It’s an intriguing premise, but the concept in actuality has many flaws. Hilary Bailey doesn’t make it clear what events in the original occurred in relation to her novel. She decided to make a random person not in the first novel the narrator. He doesn’t figure anything out until the very end when everything is spelled out for him, but the “mystery” is pretty glaringly obvious from the beginning. She also decided to change the aspects of the main characters. Frankenstein’s monster is reduced in stature (from around 8 feet tall to 6 ½ feet tall) and in intelligence. One of the best things about the creature is that he speaks with the eloquence of an intellectual and has the capacity for good or evil. His shorter stature makes him into a regular, but deformed man who is mentally feeble and barely able to speak. The philosophical implications about the nature of man are absent because of these changes. Victor’s character is also very much changed. In the original, Frankenstein and his creation can be sympathized with. Neither is completely good or evil. In this novel, Victor is characterized as cruel, bordering on evil. The ambiguity is gone and what is left is a badly plotted, slow moving melodramatic story.
The other big problem I had with the book is its plausibility within its own world and the way it affects my suspension of disbelief. The reader is expected to believe that Victor is able to physically overpower his creation by himself and somehow successfully imprison him. Even if a dozen people imprisoned him, he could easily enough escape based on his strength and cunning. Also, the bride looks like anybody while Frankenstein sticks out like a sore thumb. The only weak reason for this is that Victor figured out a different way to reanimate which isn’t described in the least, which I found very disappointing.
Besides the author’s decisions, the actual writing is enjoyable. I also liked how deliciously vicious and manipulative the Bride acted. I was totally on her side for most of it because how evil Victor was written. The ending also made me smile.
Overall, Frankenstein’s Bride was a disappointment, but there were some shining moments within the text. ( )
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
"YOU MUST CREATE A FEMALE FOR ME..."
"As I proceeded in my labor it became every day more horrible and irksome to me. "Three years before I had created a fiend whose unparalleled barbarity had desolated my heart and filled it forever with bitterest remorse. I was now about to form another being of whose disposition I was alike ignorant; she might become ten thousand times more malignant than her mate and delight, for its own sake, in murder and wretchedness. "I thought, with a sensation of madness, of creating another like to him and, trembling with passion, tore to pieces the thing on which I was engaged."
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley 1818
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
My Lord, You will recall, I believe, our meeting at the house of my wife's kinsman Mr. Flint.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
I remain, most respectfully, my Lord, your servant, Jonathan Goodall
With Mary Shelley's Frankenstein included--two tales of terror in one! In this chilling sequel to Mary Shelley's famous tale, Hilary Bailey imagines what might have happened if Frankenstein had created a female companion for his monster. The story begins in 1826 when a wealthy, young man by the name of Jonathan Goodall is introduced to Dr. Frankenstein, now living in London with a wife and small child. Jonathansoon becomes Frankenstein's helper and friend but, when Frankenstein's wife and child are brutally murdered, he becomes entangled in a horrific unfolding of events. Hilary Bailey's gothic prose is constructed with uncanny fidelity to Shelley's original style, as she describes the frightful consequences of Frankenstein's tampering with the laws of nature. Also included is a foreword by the author that describes how Lord Byron and Mary Shelley each agreed to compete and write "a ghost story" and why Shelley won. "In this chilling and intelligent sequel to the never-forgotten story, Hilary Bailey imagines what might have happened if Frankenstein had made a woman, a bride, for his male creature. Bailey plays on the fear of the monstrous, compassionless woman and also plays with it . . . Icy, atmospheric and riveting."--Observer, UK national Sunday newspaper "Icily convincing... Hilary bailey lets the implications of a new story look after themselves. Without fashionable recourse to the erotic or the feminist, she is mistress of the melodrama"-- Mail on Sunday, UK national Sunday newspaper "Frankenstein's bride makes Frankenstein's monster look like a pussycat."-- Sunday Times, UK national Sunday newspaper
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Frankenstein’s Bride occurs after the events in Mary Shelley’s classic novel, but with a major change: Victor created a mate for his creation. It’s an intriguing premise, but the concept in actuality has many flaws. Hilary Bailey doesn’t make it clear what events in the original occurred in relation to her novel. She decided to make a random person not in the first novel the narrator. He doesn’t figure anything out until the very end when everything is spelled out for him, but the “mystery” is pretty glaringly obvious from the beginning. She also decided to change the aspects of the main characters. Frankenstein’s monster is reduced in stature (from around 8 feet tall to 6 ½ feet tall) and in intelligence. One of the best things about the creature is that he speaks with the eloquence of an intellectual and has the capacity for good or evil. His shorter stature makes him into a regular, but deformed man who is mentally feeble and barely able to speak. The philosophical implications about the nature of man are absent because of these changes. Victor’s character is also very much changed. In the original, Frankenstein and his creation can be sympathized with. Neither is completely good or evil. In this novel, Victor is characterized as cruel, bordering on evil. The ambiguity is gone and what is left is a badly plotted, slow moving melodramatic story.
The other big problem I had with the book is its plausibility within its own world and the way it affects my suspension of disbelief. The reader is expected to believe that Victor is able to physically overpower his creation by himself and somehow successfully imprison him. Even if a dozen people imprisoned him, he could easily enough escape based on his strength and cunning. Also, the bride looks like anybody while Frankenstein sticks out like a sore thumb. The only weak reason for this is that Victor figured out a different way to reanimate which isn’t described in the least, which I found very disappointing.
Besides the author’s decisions, the actual writing is enjoyable. I also liked how deliciously vicious and manipulative the Bride acted. I was totally on her side for most of it because how evil Victor was written. The ending also made me smile.
Overall, Frankenstein’s Bride was a disappointment, but there were some shining moments within the text. (