Score-Raising Classics: Frankenstein, Fourth Edition

By Mary Shelley

Book Overview

Makes scoring higher so easy, it's scary

Millions of readers have enjoyed Mary Shelley's original 1818 edition of Frankenstein for its dark and gripping plot. But did you know that it's also packed with words you need to know to score higher on tests?

Learning words by reading them in context is one of the most effective ways to expand your vocabulary and improve your scores on the SAT, ACT, AP exams and more Classic novels are taught throughout high school and can now be read to learn vocabulary words that frequently appear on exams.

Barron's Score-Raising Classics: Frankentstein is designed for easy use and features The complete text of the original 1818 edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Hundreds of vocabulary words in bold typeface throughout Definitions for each highlighted word on the facing page Pronunciation, part of speech, and synonyms for defined words A complete index to help you quickly find the words you need to know
Barron's Score-Raising Classics provide students with an invaluable learning tool to score higher on exams and an enjoyable reading experience.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1506296165
• ISBN13: 9781506296166
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Services
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.5" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

"Curssed, curssed, creator." - The monster

Victor grew up reading the works of Paracelsus, Agrippa, and Albertus Magnus, the alchemists of the time. Toss in a little natural philosophy (sciences) and you have the making of a monster. Or at least a being that, after being spurned for looking ugly, becomes ugly. So, for revenge, the creature decides that unless Victor makes another (female this time) creature, Victor will also suffer the loss of friends and relatives. What is Victor to do? Bow to the wishes and needs of his creation? Or challenge it to “the death”? What would you do? Although the concept of the monster is good, and the conflicts of the story are well thought out, Shelly suffers from the writing style of the time. Many people do not finish the book as the language is stilted and verbose, for example, when was the last time you said, "Little did I then expect the calamity that was in a few moments to overwhelm me and extinguish in horror and despair all fear of ignominy of death." Much of the book seems like a travel log filler. More time is spent describing the surroundings of Europe than the reason for traveling or just traveling. Many writers use traveling to reflect time passing or the character growing in stature or knowledge. In this story, they just travel a lot. This book is worth plodding through for moviegoers. The record needs to be set straight. The first shock is that the creator is named Victor Frankenstein; the creature is referred to as a "monster", not Frankenstein. It is Victor who is backward, which adds to his doing the impossible by not knowing any better. The monster is well-read in "Sorrows of a Young Werther," "Paradise Lost," and Plutarch's "Lives." The debate (mixed with a few murders) rages on as to whether the monster was doing evil because of his nature or because he was spurned.