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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... I should very early in life have thought of writing . As a child , I scribbled ; and
my favorite pastime , during the hours given me for recreation , was " to write
stories . " Still I had a dearer pleasure than this , which was the formation of
castles in ...
... I should very early in life have thought of writing . As a child , I scribbled ; and
my favorite pastime , during the hours given me for recreation , was " to write
stories . " Still I had a dearer pleasure than this , which was the formation of
castles in ...
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own ; I accounted for them to nobody ; they were my refuge when annoyed , my
dearest 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 ...
own ; I accounted for them to nobody ; they were my refuge when annoyed , my
dearest 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 ...
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If I should be engaged , I will at least make notes . This manuscript will 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 !
If I should be engaged , I will at least make notes . This manuscript will 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 !
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I feel pleasure in dwelling on the recollections of childhood , before 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 early
...
I feel pleasure in dwelling on the recollections of childhood , before 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 early
...
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When I was thirteen years of age , we all went on a party of 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 ...
When I was thirteen years of age , we all went on a party of 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 ...
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| Title | Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus |
| Author | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |
| Publisher | Sever, Francis, & Company, 1869 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 25 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 177 pages |
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