![]() The coroner?s office provides corpses ? but they have often died of violence and drowning they are damaged and putrifying. Victor Frankenstein begins his anatomy experiments in a barn near Oxford. In which case, where is the divine spark, the soul? Can it be found in the human brain? The heart? The eyes? The long-haired poet ?Mad Shelley? and the serious-minded student from Switzerland spark each other?s interest in the new philosophy of science which is overturning long-cherished beliefs. I had seen him from my window and had been struck by his auburn locks. We arrived at our college on the same day confusing to a mere foreigner, it is called University College. It was at Oxford that I first met Bysshe. Mary Shelley and Shelley are characters in the novel. Peter Ackroyd?s imagination dazzles in this brilliant novel written in the voice of Victor Frankenstein himself. ![]()
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