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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... turned into the channel of their earlier bent . Six years have passed since I resolved on my present undertaking . I can , even now , remember the hour from which I dedicated myself to this great enterprise . I commenced by inuring my ...
... turned into the channel of their earlier bent . Six years have passed since I resolved on my present undertaking . I can , even now , remember the hour from which I dedicated myself to this great enterprise . I commenced by inuring my ...
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... turning to the solid advantage of mankind . " I listened to his state- ment , which was delivered without any presumption or affectation ; and then added , that his lecture had removed my prejudices against modern chemists ; and I at ...
... turning to the solid advantage of mankind . " I listened to his state- ment , which was delivered without any presumption or affectation ; and then added , that his lecture had removed my prejudices against modern chemists ; and I at ...
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... turning of the street would present to my view . I did not dare return to the apartment which I inhabited , but felt ... turned round , walks on , And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him ...
... turning of the street would present to my view . I did not dare return to the apartment which I inhabited , but felt ... turned round , walks on , And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him ...
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... turned to bitter- But I was not the witness of his grief ; for I was lifeless , and did not recover my senses for a long , long time . ness . nurse . This was the commencement of a nervous fever , which confined me for several months ...
... turned to bitter- But I was not the witness of his grief ; for I was lifeless , and did not recover my senses for a long , long time . ness . nurse . This was the commencement of a nervous fever , which confined me for several months ...
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... turned the conversation from a subject that was so annoy- ing to me . Clerval was no natural philosopher . His imagination was too vivid for the minutia of science . Languages were his principal study ; and he sought , by acquiring ...
... turned the conversation from a subject that was so annoy- ing to me . Clerval was no natural philosopher . His imagination was too vivid for the minutia of science . Languages were his principal study ; and he sought , by acquiring ...
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
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