The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein tries to cram too much into its pages; the lives of some very august personages are bent to the will of the plot. But the voice of the monster — ecstatic at his rebirth, then aghast at what he has become, distills both the 19th century's wonderment at the potential of science, and the 21st century's horror at its more diabolical outcomes. · The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd is a retelling of the gothic classic Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. As with all retellings, one approaches the new version with trepidation. Is there a need to retell a story that has already been told so well? Will this version offer anything new or /5. The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein is a historical fantasy novel by Peter Ackroyd in which Mary Shelley's imagined creations, Dr. Frankenstein and his Creature, exist in the same reality as Shelley, her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, and Lord Byron. In the novel, the Creature, meant to be the most beautiful creation in the world, is monstrous and has disgusting, base human instincts that cause .
The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd, excerpt. The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd. Excerpt. Chapter 1. I was born in the alpine region of Switzerland, my father owning much territory between Geneva and the village of Chamonix where my family resided. My earliest memories are of those glistening peaks, and I. Frankenstein's frigging monster. Peter Ackroyd has been rewriting literary history in his novels (as well as telling it straight in his biographies and other non-fiction books) for odd years. "The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein" is an entertaining and bracingly intelligent yarn, but, try as he will, Ackroyd is hard pressed to spark an idea that isn't already burning, fiercely.
The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein Peter Ackroyd Peter Ackroyd's imagination dazzles in this brilliant novel written in the voice of Victor Frankenstein himself. Mary Shelley and Shelley are characters in the novel. It was at Oxford that I first met Bysshe. The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein tries to cram too much into its pages; the lives of some very august personages are bent to the will of the plot. But the voice of the monster — ecstatic at his rebirth, then aghast at what he has become, distills both the 19th century's wonderment at the potential of science, and the 21st century's horror at its more diabolical outcomes. From its opening to its last, gasp-inducing page, Ackroyd has imbued his book with enough ‘electrical fluid’ to animate a corpse.”. — The Boston Globe. “ [ The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein] will enhance your knowledge of the original version, and it may give you nightmares.
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