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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... first very anxious that I should prove myself worthy of my par- entage , and enroll myself on the page of fame . He was for ever inciting me to obtain literary reputation , which , even on my own part , I cared for then , though since I ...
... first very anxious that I should prove myself worthy of my par- entage , and enroll myself on the page of fame . He was for ever inciting me to obtain literary reputation , which , even on my own part , I cared for then , though since I ...
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... first we spent our pleasant hours on the lake , or wandering on its shores ; and Lord Byron , who was writing his third canto of " Childe Harold , " was the only one among us who put his thoughts upon paper . These , as he brought them ...
... first we spent our pleasant hours on the lake , or wandering on its shores ; and Lord Byron , who was writing his third canto of " Childe Harold , " was the only one among us who put his thoughts upon paper . These , as he brought them ...
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... first place , be afforded : it can give form to dark , shapeless substances , but cannot bring into being the sub- stance itself . In all matters of discovery and invention , even of those that appertain to the imagination , we are ...
... first place , be afforded : it can give form to dark , shapeless substances , but cannot bring into being the sub- stance itself . In all matters of discovery and invention , even of those that appertain to the imagination , we are ...
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... first I thought but of a few pages — of a short tale ; but Shelley urged me to develop the idea at greater length . I certainly did not owe the suggestion of one incident , nor scarcely of one train of feeling , to my husband , and yet ...
... first I thought but of a few pages — of a short tale ; but Shelley urged me to develop the idea at greater length . I certainly did not owe the suggestion of one incident , nor scarcely of one train of feeling , to my husband , and yet ...
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