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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I am by no means indifferent to the manner in which whatever moral tendencies
exist in the sentiments or characters it contains shall affect the reader ; yet my
chief concern in this respect has been limited to the avoiding the enervating
effects ...
I am by no means indifferent to the manner in which whatever moral tendencies
exist in the sentiments or characters it contains shall affect the reader ; yet my
chief concern in this respect has been limited to the avoiding the enervating
effects ...
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Invention , it must be humbly admitted , does not exist in creating out of void , but
out of chaos ; the materials must , in the first place , be afforded : it can give form
to dark , shapeless substances , but cannot bring into being the substance itself .
Invention , it must be humbly admitted , does not exist in creating out of void , but
out of chaos ; the materials must , in the first place , be afforded : it can give form
to dark , shapeless substances , but cannot bring into being the substance itself .
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would fade ; that this thing which had received such imperfect animation , would
subside into dead matter ; and he might sleep in the belief that the silence of the
grave would quench for ever the transient existence of the hideous corpse which
...
would fade ; that this thing which had received such imperfect animation , would
subside into dead matter ; and he might sleep in the belief that the silence of the
grave would quench for ever the transient existence of the hideous corpse which
...
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Such a man has a double existence : he may suffer misery , and be overwhelmed
by disappointments ; yet when he has retired into himself , he will be like a
celestial spirit , that has a halo around him , within whose circle no grief or folly ...
Such a man has a double existence : he may suffer misery , and be overwhelmed
by disappointments ; yet when he has retired into himself , he will be like a
celestial spirit , that has a halo around him , within whose circle no grief or folly ...
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It is so long before the mind can persuade itself that she whom we saw every day
, and whose very existence appeared a part of our own , , can have departed
forever , that the brightness of a beloved eye can have been extinguished , and
the ...
It is so long before the mind can persuade itself that she whom we saw every day
, and whose very existence appeared a part of our own , , can have departed
forever , that the brightness of a beloved eye can have been extinguished , and
the ...
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User Review - GoodreadsAt times, I was fearful to not be immersed in this haunting and deeply tragic novel. I was very much afraid I would turn a corner or flip on a light to see a demonic monster standing in my wake. In ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus |
| Author | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |
| Publisher | Sever, Francis, & Company, 1869 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 25 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 177 pages |
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