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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... tale of spectres or enchant- ment . It was recommended by the novelty of the situations which it develops ; and , however impossible as a physical fact , affords a point of view to the imagination for the delin- eating of human passions ...
... tale of spectres or enchant- ment . It was recommended by the novelty of the situations which it develops ; and , however impossible as a physical fact , affords a point of view to the imagination for the delin- eating of human passions ...
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... tales excited in us a playful desire of imitation . Two other friends ( a tale from the pen of one of whom would be far more ac- ceptable to the public than any thing I can ever hope to pro- duce ) and myself agreed to write each a ...
... tales excited in us a playful desire of imitation . Two other friends ( a tale from the pen of one of whom would be far more ac- ceptable to the public than any thing I can ever hope to pro- duce ) and myself agreed to write each a ...
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... tales . Life ap- peared to me too commonplace an affair as regarded myself . I could not figure to myself that romantic woes or wonderful events would ever be my lot ; but I was not confined to my own identity , and I could people the ...
... tales . Life ap- peared to me too commonplace an affair as regarded myself . I could not figure to myself that romantic woes or wonderful events would ever be my lot ; but I was not confined to my own identity , and I could people the ...
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... tale of the sinful founder of his race , whose miserable doom it was to bestow the kiss of death on all the younger sons of his ill- fated house , just when they reached the age of promise . His gigantic , shadowy form , clothed like ...
... tale of the sinful founder of his race , whose miserable doom it was to bestow the kiss of death on all the younger sons of his ill- fated house , just when they reached the age of promise . His gigantic , shadowy form , clothed like ...
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... tale ; but Shelley urged me to develop the idea at greater length . I certainly did not owe the suggestion of one incident , nor scarcely of one train of feeling , to my husband , and yet , but for his incitement , it would never have ...
... tale ; but Shelley urged me to develop the idea at greater length . I certainly did not owe the suggestion of one incident , nor scarcely of one train of feeling , to my husband , and yet , but for his incitement , it would never have ...
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