In ‘Love, Sex, and Frankenstein,’ Mary Shelley is fueled by rage

On a dreary night in November, Dr. Frankenstein — emaciated from two years of maniacal labor — hunches before a creature he’s sewn together using bones and organs stolen from dissecting rooms and slaughterhouses. Suddenly, infused with “a spark of being,” the monster opens its dull yellow eyes....

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