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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... nature to her hiding - places . Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil , as I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave , or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay ? 42 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
... nature to her hiding - places . Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil , as I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave , or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay ? 42 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay ? My limbs now tremble and my eyes swim with the remembrance ; but then a resistless and almost frantic impulse urged me forward ; I seemed to have lost ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay ? My limbs now tremble and my eyes swim with the remembrance ; but then a resistless and almost frantic impulse urged me forward ; I seemed to have lost ...
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... torture when he praised , with kindness and warmth , the astonishing progress I had made in the sciences . He soon perceived that I disliked the sub- ject ; but not guessing the real cause , he attributed my feelings to modesty , and ...
... torture when he praised , with kindness and warmth , the astonishing progress I had made in the sciences . He soon perceived that I disliked the sub- ject ; but not guessing the real cause , he attributed my feelings to modesty , and ...
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... torture . It was to be decided , whether the result of my curiosity and lawless devices would cause the death of two of my fellow - beings : one a smiling babe , full of joy and innocence ; the other far more dreadfully murdered , with ...
... torture . It was to be decided , whether the result of my curiosity and lawless devices would cause the death of two of my fellow - beings : one a smiling babe , full of joy and innocence ; the other far more dreadfully murdered , with ...
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... tortures of the accused did not equal mine ; she was sustained by innocence , and the fangs of remorse tore my bosom , and would not forego their hold . I passed a night of unmingled wretchedness . In the morning I went to the court ...
... tortures of the accused did not equal mine ; she was sustained by innocence , and the fangs of remorse tore my bosom , and would not forego their hold . I passed a night of unmingled wretchedness . In the morning I went to the court ...
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