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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Page 7
It is not singular , that , as the daughter of two persons of distinguished literary
celebrity , 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 ...
It is not singular , that , as the daughter of two persons of distinguished literary
celebrity , 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 ...
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At first we spent our pleasant hours on the lake , or wandering on its shores ; and
Lord Byron , who was writing his third canto of " Childe Harold , " was the only
one among us who put his thoughts upon paper . These , as he brought them ...
At first we spent our pleasant hours on the lake , or wandering on its shores ; and
Lord Byron , who was writing his third canto of " Childe Harold , " was the only
one among us who put his thoughts upon paper . These , as he brought them ...
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I thought and pondered — vainly . I felt that blank incapability of invention which
is the greatest misery of authorship , when dull Nothing replies to our anxious
invocations . Have you thought of a story ? I was asked each morning , and each
...
I thought and pondered — vainly . I felt that blank incapability of invention which
is the greatest misery of authorship , when dull Nothing replies to our anxious
invocations . Have you thought of a story ? I was asked each morning , and each
...
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At first I thought but of a few pages — of a short 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
...
At first I thought but of a few pages — of a short 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
...
Page 16
You are well acquainted with my failure , and how heavily I bore the
disappointment . But just at that time I inherited the fortune of my cousin , and my
thoughts were turned into the channel of their earlier bent . Six years have
passed since I ...
You are well acquainted with my failure , and how heavily I bore the
disappointment . But just at that time I inherited the fortune of my cousin , and my
thoughts were turned into the channel of their earlier bent . Six years have
passed since I ...
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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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