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> Tag: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein asks Reddit: AITA?

Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

May 23, 2020 by KimMiE" 11 Comments

r/AmItheAsshole * Posted by u/doomedbyfate 1 hour ago AITA for bringing a creature to life and then abandoning him, resulting in him vowing revenge and murdering a bunch of people? I (20ish M) grew up in Geneva. My mother died when I was young, and her greatest wish was for me to marry Elizabeth, my adopted “cousin.” When I went off to college to study sciences, I discovered the secret to bestowing life. I can’t tell you how I did it, and when you read […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: cbr12, classic literature, classics, KimMiE", Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

KimMiE"'s CBR12 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: cbr12, classic literature, classics, KimMiE", Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ·
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Why do you build me up…just to let me down?

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

June 1, 2019 by Dusty Highway Leave a Comment

George Washington “Wash” Black had spent all of his twelve years as a field slave on a plantation in Barbados when he and friend/protector Big Kit were suddenly summoned to the master’s house to serve at table. After the tense dinner at which the master quarreled with his brother Christopher and broke Big Kit’s nose with a plate, the main house slave tells Wash he’s to stay behind and tend Christopher in his room. Big Kit tries in vain to argue Wash’s way out of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: black protagonist, cbr11, Esi Edugyan, Fiction, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Slavery, washington black

Dusty Highway's CBR11 Review No:25 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: black protagonist, cbr11, Esi Edugyan, Fiction, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Slavery, washington black ·
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