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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... looked both ways to see if cars were coming , and that she saw one coming from the north about two car lengths away ( R. 14 ) ; that she crossed the first street car track , and that when she was in the middle of the street , after ...
... looked both ways to see if cars were coming , and that she saw one coming from the north about two car lengths away ( R. 14 ) ; that she crossed the first street car track , and that when she was in the middle of the street , after ...
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... looked for the cause . I looked around , but could not find it ; I looked in books , but could not find it ; I looked within , and found there both the cause and the self - made nature of that cause . I looked again , and deeper , and ...
... looked for the cause . I looked around , but could not find it ; I looked in books , but could not find it ; I looked within , and found there both the cause and the self - made nature of that cause . I looked again , and deeper , and ...
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... looked off her task - often she looked , with such a happy , quiet light in her own , into the eyes that looked up into hers ; often she looked round her , something of the same happy , quiet light over her face as if she loved all she ...
... looked off her task - often she looked , with such a happy , quiet light in her own , into the eyes that looked up into hers ; often she looked round her , something of the same happy , quiet light over her face as if she loved all she ...
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... looked and did not see what he should have seen . What the fireman said was probably the truth ; namely , that the ... looked or listened when approaching a railroad track does not raise an issue for the jury where he must have seen or ...
... looked and did not see what he should have seen . What the fireman said was probably the truth ; namely , that the ... looked or listened when approaching a railroad track does not raise an issue for the jury where he must have seen or ...
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... looked - after children with the publication of the Green Paper Care Matters : Transforming the lives of children and young people in care.1 Several aspects of the Green Paper were considered in detail by a series of working groups ...
... looked - after children with the publication of the Green Paper Care Matters : Transforming the lives of children and young people in care.1 Several aspects of the Green Paper were considered in detail by a series of working groups ...
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