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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... pleasure than this , which was the formation of castles in the air ; the in- dulging in waking dreams ; the following up trains of thought , which had for their subject the formation of a suc- cession of imaginary incidents . My dreams ...
... pleasure than this , which was the formation of castles in the air ; the in- dulging in waking dreams ; the following up trains of thought , which had for their subject the formation of a suc- cession of imaginary incidents . My dreams ...
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... pleasure when free . I lived principally in the country as a girl , and 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 ...
... pleasure when free . I lived principally in the country as a girl , and 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 ...
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... doubtless afford you the greatest pleasure ; but to me , who know him , and who hear it from his own lips , with what interest and sympathy shall I read it at some future day ! FRANKENSTEIN ; or , THE MODERN PROMETHEUS I CHAPTER I. 26 ...
... doubtless afford you the greatest pleasure ; but to me , who know him , and who hear it from his own lips , with what interest and sympathy shall I read it at some future day ! FRANKENSTEIN ; or , THE MODERN PROMETHEUS I CHAPTER I. 26 ...
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... pleasure in dwelling on the recollections of childhood , be- fore misfortune had tainted my mind , and changed its bright visions of extensive usefulness into gloomy and narrow reflections upon self . But , in drawing the picture of my ...
... pleasure in dwelling on the recollections of childhood , be- fore misfortune had tainted my mind , and changed its bright visions of extensive usefulness into gloomy and narrow reflections upon self . But , in drawing the picture of my ...
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... pleasure to the baths near Thonon : the inclemency of the weather obliged us to remain a day confined to the inn . In this house I chanced to find a volume of the works of Cornelius Agrippa . I opened it with apathy ; the theory which ...
... pleasure to the baths near Thonon : the inclemency of the weather obliged us to remain a day confined to the inn . In this house I chanced to find a volume of the works of Cornelius Agrippa . I opened it with apathy ; the theory which ...
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affection Agatha agony Albertus Magnus anguish appeared arrived beautiful became beheld beloved bestow calm Chamonix Clerval Cologny companion consolation Cornelius Agrippa cottage countenance cousin creature dared dark dear death delight desire despair destroyed discovered dreadful dream earth Elizabeth endeavored endured entered expressed eyes father fear feelings Felix felt Frankenstein Geneva gentle girl grief happy heard heart heavens hope horror human idea imagination Ingolstadt innocence journey Jura Justine kind Kirwin Krempe labors lake listened live looked Lord Byron Mark Lemon marriage mind miserable misfortunes MODERN PROMETHEUS monster Mont Blanc months morning mountains murder natural philosophy never night Paracelsus Paradise Lost passed peace perceived pleasure possessed promise reflected remained resolved revenge rienced Safie scene sensations smiles sometimes soon sorrow spirits strange suffered Switzerland tale tears thought tion torture tranquillity Victor voice wind wish wonder wood words wretch