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Learn how Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was chosen as this year's New Student Reading Project book.

The New Student Reading Project, past and present.

See a video lecture series by Provost Biddy Martin and Isaac Kramnick, vice provost for undergraduate education, about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (you will need Quicktime to view these movies)

Section 1 - Why a book project, and why Frankenstein? (5:04)

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Section 2 - What happens after you arrive at Cornell? (5:54)

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Section 3 - Themes in Frankenstein (21:47)

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The National Library of Medicine Frankenstein exhibit

History of the novel, film and stage versions, and a chapter by chapter commentary, with a discussion of the impact on popular views of science.

Tompkins County Public Library Frankenstein web site

A description of the community's participation in the Frankenstein reading project, and the American Library Association's traveling Frankenstein exhibit.