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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... Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus . I read and studied the wild fancies of these writers with delight ; they appeared to me treasures known to few beside my- self ; and although I often wished to communicate these secret stores of ...
... Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus . I read and studied the wild fancies of these writers with delight ; they appeared to me treasures known to few beside my- self ; and although I often wished to communicate these secret stores of ...
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... Paracelsus , who had so long reigned the lords of my imagination . But by some fatality I did not feel inclined to commence the study of any modern system ; and this disinclination was influenced by the following circumstance : - My ...
... Paracelsus , who had so long reigned the lords of my imagination . But by some fatality I did not feel inclined to commence the study of any modern system ; and this disinclination was influenced by the following circumstance : - My ...
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... Paracelsus . My dear sir , you must begin your studies entirely anew . " So saying , he stepped aside , and wrote down a list of several books treating of natural philosophy , which he desired me to procure , and dismissed me , after ...
... Paracelsus . My dear sir , you must begin your studies entirely anew . " So saying , he stepped aside , and wrote down a list of several books treating of natural philosophy , which he desired me to procure , and dismissed me , after ...
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... Paracelsus , but without the contempt that M. Krempe had exhibited . He said , that " these were men to whose indefatigable zeal modern philosophers were indebted for most of the foundations of their knowledge . They had left us an ...
... Paracelsus , but without the contempt that M. Krempe had exhibited . He said , that " these were men to whose indefatigable zeal modern philosophers were indebted for most of the foundations of their knowledge . They had left us an ...
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