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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... discovery and invention , even of those that appertain to the imagination , we are continu- ally reminded of the story of Columbus and his egg . In- vention consists in the capacity of seizing on the capabilities 10 PREFACE .
... discovery and invention , even of those that appertain to the imagination , we are continu- ally reminded of the story of Columbus and his egg . In- vention consists in the capacity of seizing on the capabilities 10 PREFACE .
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... discovered and communicated . They talked of the experiments of Dr. Darwin ( I speak not of what the Doctor really did , or said he did , but , as more to my pur- pose , of what was then spoken of as having been done by him ) , who ...
... discovered and communicated . They talked of the experiments of Dr. Darwin ( I speak not of what the Doctor really did , or said he did , but , as more to my pur- pose , of what was then spoken of as having been done by him ) , who ...
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... discovered on the habitable globe . Its pro- ductions and features may be without example , as the phenomena of the heavenly bodies undoubtedly are in those undiscovered solitudes . What may not be expected in a country of eternal light ...
... discovered on the habitable globe . Its pro- ductions and features may be without example , as the phenomena of the heavenly bodies undoubtedly are in those undiscovered solitudes . What may not be expected in a country of eternal light ...
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... discovery up his native river . But , supposing all these conjectures to be false , you cannot contest the inestimable benefit which I shall confer on all mankind to the last generation , by discovering a passage near the pole to those ...
... discovery up his native river . But , supposing all these conjectures to be false , you cannot contest the inestimable benefit which I shall confer on all mankind to the last generation , by discovering a passage near the pole to those ...
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... discovery towards the northern pole . Upon hearing this he appeared satisfied , and consented to come on board . Good God ! Margaret , if you had seen the man who thus capitulated for his safety , your surprise would have been boundless ...
... discovery towards the northern pole . Upon hearing this he appeared satisfied , and consented to come on board . Good God ! Margaret , if you had seen the man who thus capitulated for his safety , your surprise would have been boundless ...
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
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