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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... Night's Dream " ; and most especially Milton , in " Paradise 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 ...
... Night's Dream " ; and most especially Milton , in " Paradise 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 ...
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... Night waned upon this talk , and even the witching hour had gone by , before we retired to rest . When I had placed my head on my pillow , I did not sleep , nor could I be said to think . My imagination , unbidden , possessed and guided ...
... Night waned upon this talk , and even the witching hour had gone by , before we retired to rest . When I had placed my head on my pillow , I did not sleep , nor could I be said to think . My imagination , unbidden , possessed and guided ...
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... night ! Swift as light , and as cheering , was the idea that broke in upon me . " I have found it ! What terrified me will ter- rify others ; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow . " On the morrow I ...
... night ! Swift as light , and as cheering , was the idea that broke in upon me . " I have found it ! What terrified me will ter- rify others ; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow . " On the morrow I ...
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... night , and my familiarity with them increased that regret which I had felt , as a child , on learning that my father's dying injunction had forbidden my uncle to allow me to embark in a sea- faring life . These visions faded when I ...
... night , and my familiarity with them increased that regret which I had felt , as a child , on learning that my father's dying injunction had forbidden my uncle to allow me to embark in a sea- faring life . These visions faded when I ...
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... nights to the study of mathematics , the theory of medicine , and those branches of physical science from which a naval adventurer might derive the greatest practical advan- tage . Twice I actually hired myself as an undermate in a ...
... nights to the study of mathematics , the theory of medicine , and those branches of physical science from which a naval adventurer might derive the greatest practical advan- tage . Twice I actually hired myself as an undermate in a ...
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
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