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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 33
Page 18
... gentle yet courageous , possessed of a cultivated as well as of a capacious mind , whose tastes are like my own , to approve or amend my plans . How would such a friend repair the faults of your poor brother ! I am too ardent in ...
... gentle yet courageous , possessed of a cultivated as well as of a capacious mind , whose tastes are like my own , to approve or amend my plans . How would such a friend repair the faults of your poor brother ! I am too ardent in ...
Page 24
... gentle , that the sailors are all interested in him , although they have very little communication with him . For my own part , I begin to love him as a brother ; and his constant and deep grief fills me with sympathy and compassion ...
... gentle , that the sailors are all interested in him , although they have very little communication with him . For my own part , I begin to love him as a brother ; and his constant and deep grief fills me with sympathy and compassion ...
Page 29
... gentle and affectionate disposition . These indications , and a de- sire to bind as closely as possible the ties of domestic love , deter- mined my mother to consider Elizabeth as my future wife ; a design which she never found reason ...
... gentle and affectionate disposition . These indications , and a de- sire to bind as closely as possible the ties of domestic love , deter- mined my mother to consider Elizabeth as my future wife ; a design which she never found reason ...
Other editions - View all
Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
Common terms and phrases
affection Agatha agony Albertus Magnus anguish appeared arrived beautiful became beheld beloved bestow calm Chamonix Clerval Cologny companion consolation Cornelius Agrippa cottage countenance cousin creature dared dark dear death delight desire despair destroyed discovered dreadful dream earth Elizabeth endeavored endured entered expressed eyes father fear feelings Felix felt Frankenstein Geneva gentle girl grief happy heard heart heavens hope horror human idea imagination Ingolstadt innocence journey Jura Justine kind Kirwin Krempe labors lake listened live looked Lord Byron Mark Lemon marriage mind miserable misfortunes MODERN PROMETHEUS monster Mont Blanc months morning mountains murder natural philosophy never night Paracelsus Paradise Lost passed peace perceived pleasure possessed promise reflected remained resolved revenge rienced Safie scene sensations smiles sometimes soon sorrow spirits strange suffered Switzerland tale tears thought tion torture tranquillity Victor voice wind wish wonder wood words wretch