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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... light and harmony of poetry , seemed to stamp as divine the glories of heaven and earth , whose influ- ences we partook with him . But it proved a wet , ungenial summer , and incessant rain often confined us for days to the house . Some ...
... light and harmony of poetry , seemed to stamp as divine the glories of heaven and earth , whose influ- ences we partook with him . But it proved a wet , ungenial summer , and incessant rain often confined us for days to the house . Some ...
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... light , and as cheering , was the idea that broke in upon me . " I have found it ! What terrified me will ter- rify others ; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow . " On the morrow I announced that I ...
... light , and as cheering , was the idea that broke in upon me . " I have found it ! What terrified me will ter- rify others ; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow . " On the morrow I announced that I ...
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... light ? I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle ; and may regulate a thousand celestial observations , that require only this voyage to render their seeming eccentricities - consistent for ever . I shall ...
... light ? I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle ; and may regulate a thousand celestial observations , that require only this voyage to render their seeming eccentricities - consistent for ever . I shall ...
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... light , I went upon deck , and found all the sailors busy on one side of the vessel , apparently talking to some one in the sea . It was , in fact , a sledge ; like that we had seen before , which had drifted towards us in the night ...
... light , I went upon deck , and found all the sailors busy on one side of the vessel , apparently talking to some one in the sea . It was , in fact , a sledge ; like that we had seen before , which had drifted towards us in the night ...
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
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