October book: Frankenstein

Woven brightly,

Daniel J. Matthews, Jr.

 To: oconee@yahoogroups.com
 From: ppriest@charter.net
 Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 15:49:32 -0400
 Subject: [oconee] October book: Frankenstein

 Our October book for the discussion group sponsored by the Oconee
 Democrats is fun (well, and sad, too): "Frankenstein."

 Here's some info about the book below.

 Thanks!

 Pat Priest


 P.S. Take time to get out the vote so we can sweep out Paul Broun, Jr.!


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 October 27

 The community book group sponsored by the Oconee Democrats will discuss
 Mary Shelley's classic "Frankenstein" for its October book.
  First published anonymously in 1818, the book is considered one of the
 earliest works of science fiction. Some critics contend that the book
 is an allegory of the French Revolution. Most see it as a cautionary
 tale about science and ethics.

 The name "Frankenstein" actually refers to the monster's creator, Victor
 Frankenstein, not the hulking creature who teaches himself to read after
 picking up books such as "Paradise Lost." The monster goes on
 destructive rampages when he finds himself scorned and feared.

 Shelley was married to the poet Percy Shelley. Their mutual friend the
 poet Lord Byron challenged the circle of friends to come up with a scary
 tale one summer, and this long-standing classic is the result. Mary
 Shelley was only 19 at the time.

 Shelley's parents were Mary Wollstonecraft (an early and articulate
 proponent of women's rights) and William Godwin, who was also a social
 philosopher. Her mother died just ten days after Mary's birth.

 The book group chose "Frankenstein" to have some light reading after a
 spate of dark topics. Some of the members of the book group joked that
 it couldn't be nearly as scary as many of the other things they had been
 reading in books about global climate change and AIDS in Africa, for
 example.

 Books are available at 25% discount at Books Galore in Watkinsville.

 The group meets the last Wednesday of every month at 6 PM at Five Points
 Deli on Epps Bridge Parkway, with this month's meeting falling on
 October 27. People with any political affiliation and from any county
 are welcomed. For more information, contact Pat Priest
 at patricia.priest@yahoo.net.