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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... fears of our nature , and awaking thrilling horror - one to make the reader dread to look round , to curdle the blood , and quicken the beatings of the heart . If I did not accomplish these things , my ghost story would be unworthy of ...
... fears of our nature , and awaking thrilling horror - one to make the reader dread to look round , to curdle the blood , and quicken the beatings of the heart . If I did not accomplish these things , my ghost story would be unworthy of ...
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... fear ran through me and I wished to exchange the ghastly image of my fancy for the realities around . I see them still ; the very room , the dark parquet , the closed shutters , with the moonlight struggling through , and the sense I ...
... fear ran through me and I wished to exchange the ghastly image of my fancy for the realities around . I see them still ; the very room , the dark parquet , the closed shutters , with the moonlight struggling through , and the sense I ...
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... fear of danger or death , and to induce me to commence this laborious voyage with the joy a child feels when he embarks in a little boat , with his holiday mates , on an expedition of discovery up his native river . But , supposing all ...
... fear of danger or death , and to induce me to commence this laborious voyage with the joy a child feels when he embarks in a little boat , with his holiday mates , on an expedition of discovery up his native river . But , supposing all ...
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... fear and trem- bling , the only authors I had ever read upon those subjects . The professor stared : " Have you , " he said , " really spent your time in studying such nonsense ? " I replied in the affirmative . " Every minute ...
... fear and trem- bling , the only authors I had ever read upon those subjects . The professor stared : " Have you , " he said , " really spent your time in studying such nonsense ? " I replied in the affirmative . " Every minute ...
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... fear ; and I hurried on with irregular steps , not daring to look about me : — Like one who , on a lonely road , Doth walk in fear and dread , And , having once turned round , walks on , And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a ...
... fear ; and I hurried on with irregular steps , not daring to look about me : — Like one who , on a lonely road , Doth walk in fear and dread , And , having once turned round , walks on , And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a ...
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
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