Frankenstein October 2nd
Aaron Perez 10/2/2026 Image Credit: Universal Pictures Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) remains one of literature’s most enduring and unsettling creations. Written when Shelley was just 18, during a stormy summer gathering with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, the novel invented modern science fiction while probing deep questions about ambition, responsibility, isolation, and what it means to be human. The story unfolds through nested narratives. Arctic explorer Robert Walton rescues a dying Victor Frankenstein, who recounts his tale. A brilliant young scientist from Geneva, Victor becomes obsessed with discovering the secret of life. Working in isolation at the University of Ingolstadt, he assembles a creature from body parts and animates it. Horrified by its appearance, he abandons his creation. The intelligent, sensitive Creature, rejected by humanity, learns language and suffers profound loneliness. His pleas...