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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... morning , and each morning I was forced to reply with a mortifying negative . G Every thing must have a beginning , to speak in Sanchean phrase ; and that beginning must be linked to something that went before . The Hindoos give the ...
... morning , and each morning I was forced to reply with a mortifying negative . G Every thing must have a beginning , to speak in Sanchean phrase ; and that beginning must be linked to something that went before . The Hindoos give the ...
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... morning , fearing to encounter in the dark those large loose masses which float about after the breaking up of the ice . I profited of this time to rest for a few hours . In the morning , however , as soon as it was light , I went upon ...
... morning , fearing to encounter in the dark those large loose masses which float about after the breaking up of the ice . I profited of this time to rest for a few hours . In the morning , however , as soon as it was light , I went upon ...
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... morning , we found the tree shattered in a singular man- ner . It was not splintered by the shock , but entirely reduced to thin ribands of wood . I never beheld any thing so utterly de- stroyed . The catastrophe of this tree excited my ...
... morning , we found the tree shattered in a singular man- ner . It was not splintered by the shock , but entirely reduced to thin ribands of wood . I never beheld any thing so utterly de- stroyed . The catastrophe of this tree excited my ...
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... morning early I departed . Tears gushed from the eyes of Elizabeth ; they proceeded partly from sorrow at my departure , and partly because she reflected that the same journey was to have taken place three months before , when a ...
... morning early I departed . Tears gushed from the eyes of Elizabeth ; they proceeded partly from sorrow at my departure , and partly because she reflected that the same journey was to have taken place three months before , when a ...
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... morning I delivered my letters of introduction , and paid a visit to some of the principal professors , and among others to M. Krempe , professor of natural philosophy . He received me with politeness , and asked me several questions ...
... morning I delivered my letters of introduction , and paid a visit to some of the principal professors , and among others to M. Krempe , professor of natural philosophy . He received me with politeness , and asked me several questions ...
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