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 65
She was alarmed by this account , and passed several hours in looking for him ,
when the gates of Geneva were shut , and she was forced to remain several
hours of the night in a barn belonging to a cottage , being unwilling to call up the
...
She was alarmed by this account , and passed several hours in looking for him ,
when the gates of Geneva were shut , and she was forced to remain several
hours of the night in a barn belonging to a cottage , being unwilling to call up the
...
Page 74
Ruined castles hanging on the precipices of piny mountains ; the impetuous Arve
, and cottages every here and there peeping forth from among the trees , formed
a scene of singular beauty . But it was augmented and rendered sublime by the ...
Ruined castles hanging on the precipices of piny mountains ; the impetuous Arve
, and cottages every here and there peeping forth from among the trees , formed
a scene of singular beauty . But it was augmented and rendered sublime by the ...
Page 83
How miraculous did this appear ! the huts , the neater cottages , and stately
houses , engaged my admiration by turns . The vegetables in the gardens , the
milk and cheese that I saw placed at the windows of some of the cottages ,
allured my ...
How miraculous did this appear ! the huts , the neater cottages , and stately
houses , engaged my admiration by turns . The vegetables in the gardens , the
milk and cheese that I saw placed at the windows of some of the cottages ,
allured my ...
Page 84
This hovel , however , joined a cottage of a neat and pleasant appearance ; but ,
after my late dearly bought experience , I dared not enter it . My place of refuge
was constructed of wood , but so low , that I could with difficulty sit upright in it .
This hovel , however , joined a cottage of a neat and pleasant appearance ; but ,
after my late dearly bought experience , I dared not enter it . My place of refuge
was constructed of wood , but so low , that I could with difficulty sit upright in it .
Page 85
Uttering a few sounds with an air of melancholy , he took the pail from her head ,
and bore it to the cottage himself . She followed , and they disappeared . Pres .
ently I saw the young man again , with some tools in his hand , cross the field ...
Uttering a few sounds with an air of melancholy , he took the pail from her head ,
and bore it to the cottage himself . She followed , and they disappeared . Pres .
ently I saw the young man again , with some tools in his hand , cross the field ...
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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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