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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... human passions more comprehensive and com- manding than any which the ordinary relations of existing events can yield . I have thus endeavored to preserve the truth of the ele- mentary principles of human nature , while I have not scru ...
... human passions more comprehensive and com- manding than any which the ordinary relations of existing events can yield . I have thus endeavored to preserve the truth of the ele- mentary principles of human nature , while I have not scru ...
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... human endeavor to mock the stupendous mech- anism of the Creator of the world . His success would terrify the artist ; he would rush away from his odious handiwork , horror - stricken . He would hope that , left to itself , the slight ...
... human endeavor to mock the stupendous mech- anism of the Creator of the world . His success would terrify the artist ; he would rush away from his odious handiwork , horror - stricken . He would hope that , left to itself , the slight ...
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... human nature , beat even in these rugged bosoms . My lieutenant , for instance , is a man of wonderful courage and ... humanity . I first be- came acquainted with him on board a whale vessel : finding that he was unemployed in this city ...
... human nature , beat even in these rugged bosoms . My lieutenant , for instance , is a man of wonderful courage and ... humanity . I first be- came acquainted with him on board a whale vessel : finding that he was unemployed in this city ...
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... human being within it , whom the sailors were persuading to enter the vessel . He was not , as the other traveller seemed to be , a savage inhabitant of some undiscovered island , but an European . When I appeared on deck , the master ...
... human being within it , whom the sailors were persuading to enter the vessel . He was not , as the other traveller seemed to be , a savage inhabitant of some undiscovered island , but an European . When I appeared on deck , the master ...
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