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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Page 15
I arrived here yesterday ; and my first task is to assure my dear sister of my
welfare , and increasing confidence in the success of my undertaking . I am
already far north of London ; and as I walk in the streets of Petersburg , I feel a
cold northern ...
I arrived here yesterday ; and my first task is to assure my dear sister of my
welfare , and increasing confidence in the success of my undertaking . I am
already far north of London ; and as I walk in the streets of Petersburg , I feel a
cold northern ...
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I have read with ardor the accounts of the various voyages which have been
made in the prospect of arriving at the North Pacific Ocean through the seas
which surround the pole . You may remember , that a history of all the voyages
made for ...
I have read with ardor the accounts of the various voyages which have been
made in the prospect of arriving at the North Pacific Ocean through the seas
which surround the pole . You may remember , that a history of all the voyages
made for ...
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I replied , that I could not answer with any degree of certainty ; for the ice had not
broken . until near midnight , and the traveller might have arrived at a place of
safety before that time ; but of this I could not judge . From this time the stranger ...
I replied , that I could not answer with any degree of certainty ; for the ice had not
broken . until near midnight , and the traveller might have arrived at a place of
safety before that time ; but of this I could not judge . From this time the stranger ...
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My departure was therefore fixed at an early date ; but before the day resolved
upon could arrive , the first misfortune of my life occurred — an omen , as it were ,
of my future misery . Elizabeth had caught the scarlet fever ; but her illness was ...
My departure was therefore fixed at an early date ; but before the day resolved
upon could arrive , the first misfortune of my life occurred — an omen , as it were ,
of my future misery . Elizabeth had caught the scarlet fever ; but her illness was ...
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The day of my departure at length arrived . I had taken leave of all my friends
excepting Clerval , who had spent the last evening with us . He bitterly lamented
that he was unable to accompany me ; but his father could not be persuaded to
part ...
The day of my departure at length arrived . I had taken leave of all my friends
excepting Clerval , who had spent the last evening with us . He bitterly lamented
that he was unable to accompany me ; but his father could not be persuaded to
part ...
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User Review - GoodreadsAt times, I was fearful to not be immersed in this haunting and deeply tragic novel. I was very much afraid I would turn a corner or flip on a light to see a demonic monster standing in my wake. In ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus |
| Author | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |
| Publisher | Sever, Francis, & Company, 1869 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 25 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 177 pages |
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