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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... mind . Other motives were mingled with these , as the work proceeded . 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 ...
... mind . Other motives were mingled with these , as the work proceeded . 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 ...
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... the suggestions of my own mind . What I wrote was intended at least for one other eye , my child- hood's companion and friend ; but my dreams were all my own ; I accounted for them to nobody ; they PREFACE TO THE LAST LONDON EDITION. ...
... the suggestions of my own mind . What I wrote was intended at least for one other eye , my child- hood's companion and friend ; but my dreams were all my own ; I accounted for them to nobody ; they PREFACE TO THE LAST LONDON EDITION. ...
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... and study , in the way of reading , or improving my ideas in communication with his far more cultivated mind , was all of literary employment that engaged my attention . + In the summer of 1816 , we visited Switzerland 8 PREFACE .
... and study , in the way of reading , or improving my ideas in communication with his far more cultivated mind , was all of literary employment that engaged my attention . + In the summer of 1816 , we visited Switzerland 8 PREFACE .
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... mind as if I had read them yesterday . " We will each write a ghost story , " said Lord Byron ; and his proposition was acceded to . There were four of us . The noble author began a tale , a fragment of which he printed at the end of ...
... mind as if I had read them yesterday . " We will each write a ghost story , " said Lord Byron ; and his proposition was acceded to . There were four of us . The noble author began a tale , a fragment of which he printed at the end of ...
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... mind with a vivid- ness far beyond the usual bound of reverie . I saw — with shut eyes , but acute mental vision - I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together . I saw the hideous phantasm of a ...
... mind with a vivid- ness far beyond the usual bound of reverie . I saw — with shut eyes , but acute mental vision - I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together . I saw the hideous phantasm of a ...
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
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