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notes and sources [Hail Mary Shelley's front door] where Mary winks
1) discrepancies or unanswered questions point to Mary Shelley's purposes
2) Shelley gives reason for hope for better outcome
3) parable of ship's master is key to understanding Shelley's father's philosophy
4) Frankenstein can be read twice for the first time, the second first time without assumptions
5) a major discrepancy Mary Shelley elaborated on in the second edition
6) the importance of the Saville point of view
7) excerpt from a version of the Vitebsk Story, from which some think Shelley drew her story
8) describes a number of this site's features
[To a Candid World - The Vitebsk story]
the origin of the Vitebsk Story
excerpt from the story
[To a Candid World - Keys to Understanding Frankenstein]
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[Brentano] the vital difference between superstition and religion
[Morning Chronicle] a newspaper piece that made Mary's life possible
[Name Us] a small word that raises big questions
[The Parable of the Ship's Master] the passed over key to Frankenstein
[Machine or Monument] two views of the novel
[Der Teufel is German for The Devil] suppression of books
[So Strange a Vehicle] another discrepancy hints at a purpose of the novel
[Verisimilitude of Proximate Cause] a detail explains Walton's situation
[The Waltons] how we see the character reveals our attention to the preface
[The Slip before The Fall] a discrepancy in Genesis explained
[Monster] Ray Suarez inadvertently brings a monster to life
[Unintended Viciousness] Luther meant well
["Ich bin's nit! Ich bin's nit!"] Luther seen by Wieland as cause of calamity
[Connect the Dots] Frankensteinas preparation for Bible study
[Ciceroman Question] a key worth considering
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