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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... kind . It is a subject also of additional interest to the author , that this story was begun in the majestic region where the scene is principally laid , and in society which cannot cease to be regretted . I passed the summer of 1816 in ...
... kind . It is a subject also of additional interest to the author , that this story was begun in the majestic region where the scene is principally laid , and in society which cannot cease to be regretted . I passed the summer of 1816 in ...
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... kind- ness towards him , or does him any the most trifling service , his whole countenance is lighted up , as it were , with a beam of benev- olence and sweetness that I never saw equalled . But he is generally melancholy and despairing ...
... kind- ness towards him , or does him any the most trifling service , his whole countenance is lighted up , as it were , with a beam of benev- olence and sweetness that I never saw equalled . But he is generally melancholy and despairing ...
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... kind enough to inform you that these fancies , which you have so greedily imbibed , are a thousand years old , and as musty as they are ancient ? I little expected in this enlightened and scientific age to find a disciple of Albertus ...
... kind enough to inform you that these fancies , which you have so greedily imbibed , are a thousand years old , and as musty as they are ancient ? I little expected in this enlightened and scientific age to find a disciple of Albertus ...
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... kind and attentive nurse than himself ; and , firm in the hope he felt of my recovery , he did not doubt , that , instead of doing harm , he performed the kindest action that he could towards them . But I was in reality very ill ; and ...
... kind and attentive nurse than himself ; and , firm in the hope he felt of my recovery , he did not doubt , that , instead of doing harm , he performed the kindest action that he could towards them . But I was in reality very ill ; and ...
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
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