Frankenstein, or, The Modern PrometheusFrankenstein was published in 1818, the work of a 21-year-old genius named Mary Shelley. Hundreds of movies, adaptations, and monster masks later, its reputation remains so lively that the title has become its own word in the English language. Victor Frankenstein, a scientist, discovers the secret of reanimating the dead. After he rejects his hideous creation, not even the farthest poles of the earth will keep his bitter monster from seeking an inhuman revenge. Inspired by a uniquely Romantic view of science’s possibilities, Shelley’s masterpiece ultimately wrestles with the hidden shadows of the human mind. |
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... to regulate my mind . Well , these are useless complaints ; I shall certainly find no friend on the wide ocean , nor even here in Archangel , among merchants and seamen . Yet some feelings , unallied to 18 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
... to regulate my mind . Well , these are useless complaints ; I shall certainly find no friend on the wide ocean , nor even here in Archangel , among merchants and seamen . Yet some feelings , unallied to 18 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
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... find no friend on the wide ocean ; yet I have found a man who , before his spirit had been broken by misery , I should have been happy to have possessed as the brother of my heart . I shall continue my journal concerning the stranger at ...
... find no friend on the wide ocean ; yet I have found a man who , before his spirit had been broken by misery , I should have been happy to have possessed as the brother of my heart . I shall continue my journal concerning the stranger at ...
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... find a true friend . " I agree with you , " replied the stranger , " in believing that friendship is not only a desirable , but a possible , acquisition . I once had a friend , the most noble of human creatures , and am entitled ...
... find a true friend . " I agree with you , " replied the stranger , " in believing that friendship is not only a desirable , but a possible , acquisition . I once had a friend , the most noble of human creatures , and am entitled ...
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... find associates at our house ; and we were never completely happy when Clerval was absent . I feel pleasure in dwelling on the recollections of childhood , be- fore misfortune had tainted my mind , and changed its bright visions of ...
... find associates at our house ; and we were never completely happy when Clerval was absent . I feel pleasure in dwelling on the recollections of childhood , be- fore misfortune had tainted my mind , and changed its bright visions of ...
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... find a volume of the works of Cornelius Agrippa . I opened it with apathy ; the theory which he attempts to demonstrate , and the wonderful facts which he relates , soon changed this feeling into enthusiasm . A new light seemed to dawn ...
... find a volume of the works of Cornelius Agrippa . I opened it with apathy ; the theory which he attempts to demonstrate , and the wonderful facts which he relates , soon changed this feeling into enthusiasm . A new light seemed to dawn ...
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