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Classics Book Club: Frankenstein

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Branch: Goshen
Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Cost: Free
Age Group(s): Adult
Location:
12505 Harmony Landing Rd, Goshen KY 40026

The Classics Book Club (also known as The I Never Read It In High School Book Club) for adults will focus on different classics typically assigned in school and meets on Tuesday evening each month at the Goshen Library to discuss the current book. October's selection is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. You can pick up a copy of the book at your preferred branch. Registration required (see below). Please add a note to your registration if you don't need a copy of the book. If you have any questions, please email Brian at brianw@oldhampl.org.  Coffee and snacks provided.

The world’s most famous work of horror fiction: a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
Mary Shelley's timeless gothic novel presents the epic battle between man and monster at its greatest literary pitch. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor to the very brink of madness. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship, scientific hubris, and horror. Based on the third edition of 1831, this Penguin Classics edition, with an introduction and notes by Maurice Hindle, contains all the revisions Mary Shelley made to her story, as well as her 1831 introduction and Percy Bysshe Shelley’s preface to the first edition. It also includes as appendices a select collation of the texts of 1818 and 1831 together with "A Fragment" by Lord Byron and Dr John Polidori’s "The Vampyre: A Tale."

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Classics Book Club: Frankenstein

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