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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I am by no means indifferent to the manner in which whatever moral tendencies
exist in the sentiments or characters it contains shall affect the reader ; yet my
chief concern in this respect has been limited to the avoiding the enervating
effects ...
I am by no means indifferent to the manner in which whatever moral tendencies
exist in the sentiments or characters it contains shall affect the reader ; yet my
chief concern in this respect has been limited to the avoiding the enervating
effects ...
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... who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass cage , till by some extraordinary
means it began to move with voluntary motion . Not thus , after all , would life be
given . Perhaps a corpse would be re - animated ; galvanism had given token of ...
... who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass cage , till by some extraordinary
means it began to move with voluntary motion . Not thus , after all , would life be
given . Perhaps a corpse would be re - animated ; galvanism had given token of ...
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Beaufort had taken effectual measures to conceal himself ; and it was ten months
before my father discovered his abode . Overjoyed at this discovery , he hastened
to the house , which was situated in a mean street , near the Reuss . But when ...
Beaufort had taken effectual measures to conceal himself ; and it was ten months
before my father discovered his abode . Overjoyed at this discovery , he hastened
to the house , which was situated in a mean street , near the Reuss . But when ...
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Beaufort had saved but a very small sum of money from the wreck of his fortunes ;
but it was sufficient to provide him with sustenance for some months , and in the
mean time he hoped to procure some respectable employment in a merchant ' s ...
Beaufort had saved but a very small sum of money from the wreck of his fortunes ;
but it was sufficient to provide him with sustenance for some months , and in the
mean time he hoped to procure some respectable employment in a merchant ' s ...
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Our studies were never forced ; and by some means we always had an end
placed in view , which excited us to ardor in the prosecution of them . It was by
this method , and not by emulation , that we were urged to application . Elizabeth
was ...
Our studies were never forced ; and by some means we always had an end
placed in view , which excited us to ardor in the prosecution of them . It was by
this method , and not by emulation , that we were urged to application . Elizabeth
was ...
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| Title | Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus |
| Author | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |
| Publisher | Sever, Francis, & Company, 1869 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 25 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 177 pages |
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