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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... countenance is lighted up , as it were , with a beam of benev- olence and sweetness that I never saw equalled . But he is generally melancholy and despairing ; and sometimes he gnashes his teeth , as if impatient of the weight of woes ...
... countenance is lighted up , as it were , with a beam of benev- olence and sweetness that I never saw equalled . But he is generally melancholy and despairing ; and sometimes he gnashes his teeth , as if impatient of the weight of woes ...
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... countenance became expressive of a calm settled grief , which touched me to the heart . But he was silent , and presently retired to his cabin . Even broken in spirit as he is , no one can feel more deeply than he does the beauties of ...
... countenance became expressive of a calm settled grief , which touched me to the heart . But he was silent , and presently retired to his cabin . Even broken in spirit as he is , no one can feel more deeply than he does the beauties of ...
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... countenance expressed affection even in death . I need not describe the feelings of those whose dearest ties are rent by that most irreparable evil , the void that presents itself to the soul , and the despair that is exhibited on the ...
... countenance expressed affection even in death . I need not describe the feelings of those whose dearest ties are rent by that most irreparable evil , the void that presents itself to the soul , and the despair that is exhibited on the ...
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... countenances . I loved my brothers , Elizabeth , and Clerval ; these were " old familiar faces ; " but I believed my- self totally unfitted for the company of strangers . Such were my reflections as I commenced my journey ; but as I ...
... countenances . I loved my brothers , Elizabeth , and Clerval ; these were " old familiar faces ; " but I believed my- self totally unfitted for the company of strangers . Such were my reflections as I commenced my journey ; but as I ...
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... countenance ; the teacher , therefore , did not prepossess me in favor of his doctrine . Besides , I had a contempt for the uses of modern natural philosophy . It was very different , when the masters of the science sought im- mortality ...
... countenance ; the teacher , therefore , did not prepossess me in favor of his doctrine . Besides , I had a contempt for the uses of modern natural philosophy . It was very different , when the masters of the science sought im- mortality ...
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