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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... and study , in the way of reading , or improving my ideas in communication with his far more cultivated mind , was all of literary employment that engaged my attention . + In the summer of 1816 , we visited Switzerland 8 PREFACE .
... and study , in the way of reading , or improving my ideas in communication with his far more cultivated mind , was all of literary employment that engaged my attention . + In the summer of 1816 , we visited Switzerland 8 PREFACE .
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... attention , and diverted our solicitude from our own situation . We perceived a low carriage , fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs , pass on towards the north , at the distance of half a mile : a being which had the shape of a man , but ...
... attention , and diverted our solicitude from our own situation . We perceived a low carriage , fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs , pass on towards the north , at the distance of half a mile : a being which had the shape of a man , but ...
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... attention ; and he asked a multitude of questions concerning the route which the demon , as he called him , had pursued . Soon after , when he was alone with me , he said , " I have , doubtless , excited your curiosity , as well as that ...
... attention ; and he asked a multitude of questions concerning the route which the demon , as he called him , had pursued . Soon after , when he was alone with me , he said , " I have , doubtless , excited your curiosity , as well as that ...
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... attention to public business . He passed his younger days perpetually occupied by the affairs of his country ; and it was not until the decline of life that he thought of marrying , and bestowing on the state sons who might carry his ...
... attention to public business . He passed his younger days perpetually occupied by the affairs of his country ; and it was not until the decline of life that he thought of marrying , and bestowing on the state sons who might carry his ...
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