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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... leave , my sister , I will put some trust in preceding navigators — there snow and frost are banished ; and , sailing over a calm sea , we may be wafted to a land surpassing in wonders and in beauty every region hitherto discovered on ...
... leave , my sister , I will put some trust in preceding navigators — there snow and frost are banished ; and , sailing over a calm sea , we may be wafted to a land surpassing in wonders and in beauty every region hitherto discovered on ...
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... leaving her the sea- room in which she floated . Our situation was somewhat danger- ous , especially as we were compassed round by a very thick fog . We accordingly lay to , hoping that some change would take place in the atmosphere and ...
... leaving her the sea- room in which she floated . Our situation was somewhat danger- ous , especially as we were compassed round by a very thick fog . We accordingly lay to , hoping that some change would take place in the atmosphere and ...
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... leaves him . I have endeavored to win his confidence ; and I trust that I have suc- ceeded . One day I mentioned to him the desire I had always felt of finding a friend who might sympathize with me , and direct me by his counsel . I ...
... leaves him . I have endeavored to win his confidence ; and I trust that I have suc- ceeded . One day I mentioned to him the desire I had always felt of finding a friend who might sympathize with me , and direct me by his counsel . I ...
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... leaving her an orphan and a beggar . This last blow overcame her ; and she was kneeling by Beaufort's coffin , when my father entered the chamber . He came like a protecting spirit to the poor girl , who committed herself to his care ...
... leaving her an orphan and a beggar . This last blow overcame her ; and she was kneeling by Beaufort's coffin , when my father entered the chamber . He came like a protecting spirit to the poor girl , who committed herself to his care ...
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... leave of all my friends excepting Clerval , who had spent the last evening with us . He bitterly lamented that he was unable to accompany me ; but his father could not be persuaded to part with him , in- tending that he should become a ...
... leave of all my friends excepting Clerval , who had spent the last evening with us . He bitterly lamented that he was unable to accompany me ; but his father could not be persuaded to part with him , in- tending that he should become a ...
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