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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... man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me ? " - PARADISE LOST . SEVER , FRANCIS , & CO . Boston and Cambridge . 1869 . B HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MAR 5 194 ! CAMBRIDGE : FRANKENSTEIN ; SEVER, FRANCIS, & CO. ...
... man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me ? " - PARADISE LOST . SEVER , FRANCIS , & CO . Boston and Cambridge . 1869 . B HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MAR 5 194 ! CAMBRIDGE : FRANKENSTEIN ; SEVER, FRANCIS, & CO. ...
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... Lost , " conform to this rule ; and the most humble novelist , who seeks to confer or receive amuse- ment from his labors , may , without presumption , apply to prose fiction a license , or rather a rule , from the adoption of which so ...
... Lost , " conform to this rule ; and the most humble novelist , who seeks to confer or receive amuse- ment from his labors , may , without presumption , apply to prose fiction a license , or rather a rule , from the adoption of which so ...
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... among the Alps , and lost , in the magnificent scenes which they present , all memory of their ghostly visions . The following tale is the only one which has been completed . PREFACE TO THE LAST LONDON EDITION . · THE 66 6 PREFACE .
... among the Alps , and lost , in the magnificent scenes which they present , all memory of their ghostly visions . The following tale is the only one which has been completed . PREFACE TO THE LAST LONDON EDITION . · THE 66 6 PREFACE .
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... lost beneath the shadow of the castle walls ; but soon a gate swung back , a step was heard , the door of the chamber opened , and he advanced to the couch of the blooming youths , cradled in healthy sleep . Eternal sorrow sat upon his ...
... lost beneath the shadow of the castle walls ; but soon a gate swung back , a step was heard , the door of the chamber opened , and he advanced to the couch of the blooming youths , cradled in healthy sleep . Eternal sorrow sat upon his ...
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... lost among the distant inequalities of the ice . This appearance excited our unqualified wonder . We were , as we believed , many hundred miles from any land ; but this appari- tion seemed to denote that it was not , in reality , so ...
... lost among the distant inequalities of the ice . This appearance excited our unqualified wonder . We were , as we believed , many hundred miles from any land ; but this appari- tion seemed to denote that it was not , in reality , so ...
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
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