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Frankenstein Week 2: An Obsession is Born
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Frankenstein Week 2: An Obsession is Born

Covering Letters I-IV and Chapters I-IV (1818 version)

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Victor Frankenstein, as imagined by Hugo Award-winning illustrator Abigail Larson

What an eventful first week of reading! In just seven days we’ve gotten to know the early life of Victor Frankenstein, witnessed his obsession grow by unhealthy leaps and bounds, and even saw the creation and animation of his ghoulish creature. 

But the novel doesn’t start w…

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