I picked up a copy of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, unabridged. It's really refreshing to read something that's not writen in modern english. The word they use are sometimes foreign. I put that down to my limited vocabulary, I can understand the meaning in the context easily enough. I guess in the 19C you can't do much else in your spare time but talk, read or write or out door activity. So the use of language in the everyday would have been greater than today. If you have a list of books to read ad Frankenstein if it's not already there.
I keep thinking of the old black and white images of the Frankenstein monster when I'm reading it. From the books description though if a new adaptation was to happen he could be done much differently. Even a mini series would go really well.
The above quick sketch is just something I did with the monster in mind. It's not very good, I might do another one later.
well if i do say so myself thats a great sketch for something you say was quick. I havnt myself read that copy of Frankenstein only seen the old film but it sounds interesting.
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