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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... cold and rainy , and in the even- ings we crowded around a blazing wood 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 ...
... cold and rainy , and in the even- ings we crowded around a blazing wood 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 ...
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... cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks , which braces my nerves , and fills me with delight . Do you under- stand this feeling ? This breeze , which has travelled from the re- gions towards which I am advancing , gives me a foretaste ...
... cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks , which braces my nerves , and fills me with delight . Do you under- stand this feeling ? This breeze , which has travelled from the re- gions towards which I am advancing , gives me a foretaste ...
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... I dedicated myself to this great enterprise . I commenced by inuring my body to hard- ship . I accompanied the whale - fishers on several expeditions to the North Sea ; I voluntarily endured cold , famine 16 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
... I dedicated myself to this great enterprise . I commenced by inuring my body to hard- ship . I accompanied the whale - fishers on several expeditions to the North Sea ; I voluntarily endured cold , famine 16 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
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... cold is not excessive , if you are wrapt in furs , a dress which I have already adopted ; for there is a great difference between walking the deck and remaining seated motionless for hours , when no exercise prevents the blood from ...
... cold is not excessive , if you are wrapt in furs , a dress which I have already adopted ; for there is a great difference between walking the deck and remaining seated motionless for hours , when no exercise prevents the blood from ...
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... cold dew covered my fore- head , my teeth chattered , and every limb became convulsed ; when , by the dim and yellow light of the moon , as it forced its way through the window - shutters , I beheld the wretch , the miserable monster ...
... cold dew covered my fore- head , my teeth chattered , and every limb became convulsed ; when , by the dim and yellow light of the moon , as it forced its way through the window - shutters , I beheld the wretch , the miserable monster ...
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
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