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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... suffering . I never saw a man in so wretched a condition . We attempted to carry him into the cabin , but as soon as he had quitted the fresh air , he fainted . We accord- ingly brought him back to the deck , and restored him to ...
... suffering . I never saw a man in so wretched a condition . We attempted to carry him into the cabin , but as soon as he had quitted the fresh air , he fainted . We accord- ingly brought him back to the deck , and restored him to ...
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... suffer misery , and be overwhelmed by disap- pointments ; yet when he has retired into himself , he will be like a ... suffered great and unparalleled mis- fortunes . I had determined , once , that the memory of these evils should die ...
... suffer misery , and be overwhelmed by disap- pointments ; yet when he has retired into himself , he will be like a ... suffered great and unparalleled mis- fortunes . I had determined , once , that the memory of these evils should die ...
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... suffered several misfortunes since the departure of Clerval from Geneva . But he has already recovered his spirits , and is reported to be on the point of marrying a very lively pretty French woman , Madame Tavernier . She is a widow ...
... suffered several misfortunes since the departure of Clerval from Geneva . But he has already recovered his spirits , and is reported to be on the point of marrying a very lively pretty French woman , Madame Tavernier . She is a widow ...
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... suffering , " M. Frankenstein is modest ; an excellent quality in a young man . Young men should be diffident of themselves , you know , M. Clerval ; I was myself when young ; but that wears out in a very short time . " M. Krempe had ...
... suffering , " M. Frankenstein is modest ; an excellent quality in a young man . Young men should be diffident of themselves , you know , M. Clerval ; I was myself when young ; but that wears out in a very short time . " M. Krempe had ...
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... suffered extreme anguish . About five in the morn- ing I discovered my lovely boy , whom the night before I had seen blooming and active in health , stretched on the grass livid and motionless : the print of the murderer's finger was on ...
... suffered extreme anguish . About five in the morn- ing I discovered my lovely boy , whom the night before I had seen blooming and active in health , stretched on the grass livid and motionless : the print of the murderer's finger was on ...
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