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Dear Reader,

-We chose to write a book analysis on Mary Shelley’s novel //Frankenstein//, because we agree with La Roque, Teixeira and Gigante's opinion, which is that this is a very important book,and it brings a lot of subjects that can be discussed by us; furthermore it is a classic of English literature. The novel has a lot of interesting themes that are going to be discussed in our essay, such as the dangerous seek for knowledge and the judgmental society. We will discuss how these topics appear in the book and the importance of them for the society of the time.

-The purpose of the essay is to explore and explain the main themes in Mary Shelley’s novel, and, for that, we believe that it is important to expose the themes and symbols present in the book in order to understand them better and to analyze them. This essay is intended for  people who are interested in literature in general and especially for those who are interested in Gothic novels and science fiction. We want to show our readers how the topics discussed in the novel are still prevailing after almost two centuries have passed.

-In order to discuss the novel //Frankenstein//, we will use the third revised edition of the book, which is considered to be the definitive version. Also, we will use the article “Narcissism as Symptom and Structure: the case of Mary Shelley’s //Frankenstein”// written by Joseph Kestner to support our ideas and to contribute to our writing. However, we are aware that we need more sources and we are going to do more research to improve our text.

Sincerely, Northern Lights