/lit/ - Literature

I don't yet know if this is a great book or not. It still needs to manure in my mind a bit. I think it might be. I especially enjoyed the scene with the benevolent magistrate in chapter 7, where at first I thought he was a metaphore for God. God being the judge of all men. But then, after reading futher, I understood it was the rule of law that the rational man replaced, or added on to, let's say, the Ten Commandments.
A recurring theme in the book is the ineffectiveness of the law when faced with something as of yet unknown - the daemon. The book's ending is fairly disappointing, since the obvious solution to this whole problem would've been to just tell the truth, instead of slowly being gnawed away by the guilt of all the deaths caused by lies.
The marriage, as well, was such an obviously human event. Where regardless of the obvious torment ahead, you can't help yourself. You do it, even though it will be painful, maybe because it is exactly that, painful, that you do it. The measure of something's worth is the pain of its loss.

I don't want my kid trying to be God

just finished reading this for the first time and its honestly one of the most amazing things i've ever read

can anyone recommend me stories with a similar style of prose as well as gothic themes? i found it to be truly beautiful in this work and have trouble deciding whether or not the monster was in the right or the wrong for his decisions

i feel like his expectations are delusional but from an emotional standpoint are valid

overall im in awe by this story and want to read more like it

>The Modern Prometheus
>Takes place in the 19th century
What the fuck, Shelley?

now fuck off op