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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... destroyed the other sledge . 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 ...
... destroyed the other sledge . 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 ...
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... destroyed by misery , without feeling the most poignant grief ? He is so gentle , yet so wise ; his mind is so cultivated ; and when he speaks , although his words are culled with the choicest art , yet they flow with rapidity and ...
... destroyed by misery , without feeling the most poignant grief ? He is so gentle , yet so wise ; his mind is so cultivated ; and when he speaks , although his words are culled with the choicest art , yet they flow with rapidity and ...
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... destroy your taste for those simple pleasures in which no alloy can possibly mix , then that study is certainly ... destroyed . But I forget that I am moralizing in the most interesting part of my tale ; and your looks remind me to ...
... destroy your taste for those simple pleasures in which no alloy can possibly mix , then that study is certainly ... destroyed . But I forget that I am moralizing in the most interesting part of my tale ; and your looks remind me to ...
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... destroyed that fair child . He was the murderer ! I could not doubt it . The mere presence of the idea was an irre ... destroy all that was dear to me . Day dawned , and I directed my steps towards the 60 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
... destroyed that fair child . He was the murderer ! I could not doubt it . The mere presence of the idea was an irre ... destroy all that was dear to me . Day dawned , and I directed my steps towards the 60 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
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... destroy me wantonly . Did the murderer place it there ? I know of no opportunity afforded him for so doing ; or if I had , why should he have stolen the jewel , to part with it so soon ? " I commit my cause to the justice of my judges ...
... destroy me wantonly . Did the murderer place it there ? I know of no opportunity afforded him for so doing ; or if I had , why should he have stolen the jewel , to part with it so soon ? " I commit my cause to the justice of my judges ...
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