Just doing some fact checking here. By "E." Darwin did you mean to indicate Charles Darwin's father, Erasmus Darwin? If so, more info, please!!!
I have had quite an interest in the impact of the Frankenstein book for several years now. Somehow, under the radar, the spiritual message of this book has successfully seeped into the consciousness of most western minds ... that we are not 'born' bad.
The original story was indeed that way; the monster was only made, after the world started to mistreat him.
From a Christian perspective, this one story goes a long way to describing how the world, person by person, honestly sees itself.
Indeed, Frankenstein is the deadliest monster thus. Christians, otoh, would say that Dr. Jekyll, Mr Hyde is far more accurate a view of what the monster is in truth.
I couldn't believe it was a literature web site that clued me into the linkage between Shelly, Darwin, Evolution, and then the Grandson and his 'gift' to the world....
Erasmus Darwin (The real source of 'Frankenstein' as well as Evolution)