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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... fire , and occasion- ally amused ourselves with some German stories of ghosts , which happened to fall into our hands . These tales excited in us a playful desire of imitation . Two other friends ( a tale from the pen of one of whom ...
... fire , and occasion- ally amused ourselves with some German stories of ghosts , which happened to fall into our hands . These tales excited in us a playful desire of imitation . Two other friends ( a tale from the pen of one of whom ...
Page 32
... fire issue from an old and beautiful oak , which stood about twenty yards from our house ; and so soon as the dazzling light vanished , the oak had disappeared , and nothing remained but a blasted stump . When we visited it the next ...
... fire issue from an old and beautiful oak , which stood about twenty yards from our house ; and so soon as the dazzling light vanished , the oak had disappeared , and nothing remained but a blasted stump . When we visited it the next ...
Page 54
... fire that consumes your own heart . How different from the manly and heroical poetry of Greece and Rome . - Summer passed away in these occupations , and my return to Geneva was fixed for the latter end of autumn ; 54 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
... fire that consumes your own heart . How different from the manly and heroical poetry of Greece and Rome . - Summer passed away in these occupations , and my return to Geneva was fixed for the latter end of autumn ; 54 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
Page 59
... fire ; then for an instant every thing seemed of a pitchy darkness , until the eye recovered itself from the preceding flash . The storm , as is often the case in Switzerland , appeared at once in various parts of the heavens . The most ...
... fire ; then for an instant every thing seemed of a pitchy darkness , until the eye recovered itself from the preceding flash . The storm , as is often the case in Switzerland , appeared at once in various parts of the heavens . The most ...
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... fire in my last moments , if I continued obdurate . Dear lady , I had none to support me ; all looked on me as a wretch doomed to ignominy and perdition . What could I do ? In an evil hour I sub- scribed to a lie ; and now only am I ...
... fire in my last moments , if I continued obdurate . Dear lady , I had none to support me ; all looked on me as a wretch doomed to ignominy and perdition . What could I do ? In an evil hour I sub- scribed to a lie ; and now only am I ...
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