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 the more willing to comply because I shall thus give a general answer to the
question so very frequently asked me , " How I , then a young girl , came to think
of and to dilate upon so very hideous an idea ? " It is true that I am very averse to
...
I am the more willing to comply because I shall thus give a general answer to the
question so very frequently asked me , " How I , then a young girl , came to think
of and to dilate upon so very hideous an idea ? " It is true that I am very averse to
...
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At this time he desired that I should write , not so much with the idea that I could
produce any thing worthy of notice , but that ... Travelling , and the cares of a
family , occupied my time ; and study , in the way of reading , or improving my
ideas in ...
At this time he desired that I should write , not so much with the idea that I could
produce any thing worthy of notice , but that ... Travelling , and the cares of a
family , occupied my time ; and study , in the way of reading , or improving my
ideas in ...
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The noble author began a tale , a fragment of which he printed at the end of his
poem of " Mazeppa . " Shelley , more apt to embody ideas and sentiments in the
radiance of brilliant imagery , and in the music of the most melodious PREFACE .
The noble author began a tale , a fragment of which he printed at the end of his
poem of " Mazeppa . " Shelley , more apt to embody ideas and sentiments in the
radiance of brilliant imagery , and in the music of the most melodious PREFACE .
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Poor Polidori had some terrible idea about a skull - headed lady , who was so
punished for peeping through a key - hole — what to see I forget — something
very shocking and wrong , of course : but when she was reduced to a worse ...
Poor Polidori had some terrible idea about a skull - headed lady , who was so
punished for peeping through a key - hole — what to see I forget — something
very shocking and wrong , of course : but when she was reduced to a worse ...
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vention consists in the capacity of seizing on the capabilities of a subject , and in
the power of moulding and fashioning ideas suggested to it . Many and long were
the conversations between Lord Byron and Shelley , to which I was a devout ...
vention consists in the capacity of seizing on the capabilities of a subject , and in
the power of moulding and fashioning ideas suggested to it . Many and long were
the conversations between Lord Byron and Shelley , to which I was a devout ...
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| 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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