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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... Dream " ; and most especially Milton , in " Paradise Lost , " conform to this rule ; and the most humble novelist , who seeks to confer or receive amuse- ment from his labors , may , without presumption , apply to prose fiction a ...
... Dream " ; and most especially Milton , in " Paradise Lost , " conform to this rule ; and the most humble novelist , who seeks to confer or receive amuse- ment from his labors , may , without presumption , apply to prose fiction a ...
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... dreams ; the following up trains of thought , which had for their subject the formation of a suc- cession of imaginary incidents . My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings . In the lat- ter I was a close ...
... dreams ; the following up trains of thought , which had for their subject the formation of a suc- cession of imaginary incidents . My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings . In the lat- ter I was a close ...
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... dream . At first I thought but of a few pages — of a short tale ; but Shelley urged me to develop the idea at greater length . I certainly did not owe the suggestion of one incident , nor scarcely of one train of feeling , to my husband ...
... dream . At first I thought but of a few pages — of a short tale ; but Shelley urged me to develop the idea at greater length . I certainly did not owe the suggestion of one incident , nor scarcely of one train of feeling , to my husband ...
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... dreams become more fervent and vivid . I try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation ; it ever presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight . There , Margaret , the sun is for ...
... dreams become more fervent and vivid . I try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation ; it ever presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight . There , Margaret , the sun is for ...
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... dream of my early years . I have read with ardor the accounts of the various voyages which have been made in the prospect of arriving at the North Pacific Ocean through the seas which sur- round the pole . You may remember , that a ...
... dream of my early years . I have read with ardor the accounts of the various voyages which have been made in the prospect of arriving at the North Pacific Ocean through the seas which sur- round the pole . You may remember , that a ...
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
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