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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... passed the summer of 1816 in the environs of Geneva . The season was cold and rainy , and in the even- ings we crowded around a blazing wood fire , and occasion- ally amused ourselves with some German stories of ghosts , which happened ...
... passed the summer of 1816 in the environs of Geneva . The season was cold and rainy , and in the even- ings we crowded around a blazing wood fire , and occasion- ally amused ourselves with some German stories of ghosts , which happened ...
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... passed a considerable time in Scotland . I made occasional visits to the more picturesque parts ; but my habitual residence was on the blank and dreary northern shores of the Tay , near Dundee . Blank and dreary , on retrospection , I ...
... passed a considerable time in Scotland . I made occasional visits to the more picturesque parts ; but my habitual residence was on the blank and dreary northern shores of the Tay , near Dundee . Blank and dreary , on retrospection , I ...
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... passed since I resolved on my present undertaking . I can , even now , remember the hour from which I dedicated myself to this great enterprise . I commenced by inuring my body to hard- ship . I accompanied the whale - fishers on ...
... passed since I resolved on my present undertaking . I can , even now , remember the hour from which I dedicated myself to this great enterprise . I commenced by inuring my body to hard- ship . I accompanied the whale - fishers on ...
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... passed in ease and lux- ury ; but I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path . Oh that some encouraging voice would answer in the affirmative ! My courage and my resolution is firm ; but my hopes fluctuate , and ...
... passed in ease and lux- ury ; but I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path . Oh that some encouraging voice would answer in the affirmative ! My courage and my resolution is firm ; but my hopes fluctuate , and ...
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