A Book Report on Frankenstein from the Knight's Quartlery Magazine 3

My book report was published in August 1824 and interesting due to several things.

-the reason for which the author wrote the report was as follows: after reading Frankenstein, the author read Valperga and was completely dissapointed. He thought that he might have given Shelley too much credit for her work and therefore decided to re-read and re-evaluate Frankenstein.

-the author of the report has an interesting paragraph on whether it is possible to create such a monster. He introduces ideas from Darwin, who stated that it might be possible to introduce life into a dead human frame. The author himself is skeptic of the re-animation, but believes that it is possible to create a human frame.

-the author clearly states that his interest is entirely based on the monster and that he has sympathy for the monster due to his loneliness and sufferings. He then goes on to justify his point by stating that community is the most basic thing in humans and that isolation is one of the worst sufferings.

-the author criticizes Victor that he didn't consider the monster's happiness before he created him. Further, he argues that Victor should not criticize the monster for his ugliness as it was his own work. At last, the author makes Victor responsible for the monster's crimes.

-in the end, the author goes back to his conflict that he is absolutely disappointed by Valperga. He does have a thesis for this though, as he states that Percy Shelley might have actually written Frankenstein and Mary Shelley wrote Valperga. Next, he rejects his idea though and explains how Frankenstein does not fit into the scheme of Percy and that there is a possibility that Mary wrote it.

Source: Frankenstein, A Longman Cultural Edition, p.333