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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... imagination ; yet , in assuming it as the basis of a work of fancy , I have not considered myself as merely weaving a series of supernatural terrors . The event on which the interest of the story depends is exempt from the disadvantages ...
... imagination ; yet , in assuming it as the basis of a work of fancy , I have not considered myself as merely weaving a series of supernatural terrors . The event on which the interest of the story depends is exempt from the disadvantages ...
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... imagination , were born and fostered . I did not make myself the heroine of my tales . Life ap- peared to me too commonplace an affair as regarded myself . I could not figure to myself that romantic woes or wonderful events would ever ...
... imagination , were born and fostered . I did not make myself the heroine of my tales . Life ap- peared to me too commonplace an affair as regarded myself . I could not figure to myself that romantic woes or wonderful events would ever ...
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... of discovery and invention , even of those that appertain to the imagination , we are continu- ally reminded of the story of Columbus and his egg . In- vention consists in the capacity of seizing on the capabilities 10 PREFACE .
... of discovery and invention , even of those that appertain to the imagination , we are continu- ally reminded of the story of Columbus and his egg . In- vention consists in the capacity of seizing on the capabilities 10 PREFACE .
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... imagination , unbidden , possessed and guided me , gifting the successive images that arose in my mind with a vivid- ness far beyond the usual bound of reverie . I saw — with shut eyes , but acute mental vision - I saw the pale student ...
... imagination , unbidden , possessed and guided me , gifting the successive images that arose in my mind with a vivid- ness far beyond the usual bound of reverie . I saw — with shut eyes , but acute mental vision - I saw the pale student ...
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... imagination as the region of beauty and delight . There , Margaret , the sun is for ever visible ; its broad disk just skirting the horizon , and diffusing a perpetual splendor . There― for with your leave , my sister , I will put some ...
... imagination as the region of beauty and delight . There , Margaret , the sun is for ever visible ; its broad disk just skirting the horizon , and diffusing a perpetual splendor . There― for with your leave , my sister , I will put some ...
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