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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... earth , whose influ- ences we partook with him . But it proved a wet , ungenial summer , and incessant rain often confined us for days to the house . Some volumes of ghost stories , translated from the German and French , fell into our ...
... earth , whose influ- ences we partook with him . But it proved a wet , ungenial summer , and incessant rain often confined us for days to the house . Some volumes of ghost stories , translated from the German and French , fell into our ...
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... earth can afford . I replied , however , that we were on a voyage of 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 ...
... earth can afford . I replied , however , that we were on a voyage of 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 ...
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... earth . Such a man has a double existence he may suffer misery , and be overwhelmed by disap- pointments ; yet when he has retired into himself , he will be like a celestial spirit , that has a halo around him , within whose circle no ...
... earth . Such a man has a double existence he may suffer misery , and be overwhelmed by disap- pointments ; yet when he has retired into himself , he will be like a celestial spirit , that has a halo around him , within whose circle no ...
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... earth- quake , and even mock the invisible world with its own shadows . " I departed highly pleased with the professor and his lecture , and paid him a visit the same evening . His manners in private were even more mild and attractive ...
... earth- quake , and even mock the invisible world with its own shadows . " I departed highly pleased with the professor and his lecture , and paid him a visit the same evening . His manners in private were even more mild and attractive ...
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... earth for the sustenance of man , than to be the confidant , and sometimes the accomplice , of his vices ; which is the profession of a lawyer . I said that the employments of a prosperous farmer , if they were not a more honorable ...
... earth for the sustenance of man , than to be the confidant , and sometimes the accomplice , of his vices ; which is the profession of a lawyer . I said that the employments of a prosperous farmer , if they were not a more honorable ...
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
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