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Frankenstein's Dog - Don't Go Up to the Castle
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Frankenstein’s Dog - Don’t Go Up to the Castle

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Frankenstein’s Dog explores a scenario whereby Frankenstein should have first created a dog as a pilot scheme, before attempting a man-monster, mirroring the orbit before the first cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin. The man-monster was a metaphor for many things; for instance, revolution and the violent mob, uncontrolled science and the abandoned child. He failed, through no fault of his own, to establish much of a rapport with ‘fellow’ humans but could form a bond with a dog. In Shelley’s novel, the creature never dies and only falls out with his creator because Frankenstein refuses to make him a female mate. It is reasonable to assume that having constructed a dog, Frankenstein would be willing and able to make a bitch….

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Austin Macauley Publishers
Country
United Kingdom
Date
26 October 2018
Pages
68
ISBN
9781528924849

This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Frankenstein’s Dog explores a scenario whereby Frankenstein should have first created a dog as a pilot scheme, before attempting a man-monster, mirroring the orbit before the first cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin. The man-monster was a metaphor for many things; for instance, revolution and the violent mob, uncontrolled science and the abandoned child. He failed, through no fault of his own, to establish much of a rapport with ‘fellow’ humans but could form a bond with a dog. In Shelley’s novel, the creature never dies and only falls out with his creator because Frankenstein refuses to make him a female mate. It is reasonable to assume that having constructed a dog, Frankenstein would be willing and able to make a bitch….

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Austin Macauley Publishers
Country
United Kingdom
Date
26 October 2018
Pages
68
ISBN
9781528924849