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 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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The labors of men of genius , however erroneously directed , scarcely ever fail in
ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind . " I listened to his statement ,
which was delivered without any presumption or affectation ; and then added ...
The labors of men of genius , however erroneously directed , scarcely ever fail in
ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind . " I listened to his statement ,
which was delivered without any presumption or affectation ; and then added ...
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... pacing them with quick steps , as if I sought to avoid the wretch whom I feared
every turning of the street would present ... once turned round , walks on , And
turns no more his head ; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind
him ...
... pacing them with quick steps , as if I sought to avoid the wretch whom I feared
every turning of the street would present ... once turned round , walks on , And
turns no more his head ; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind
him ...
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Oh , save me ! save me ! " I imagined that the monster seized me ; I struggled
furiously , and fell down in a fit . Poor Clerval ! what must have been his feelings ?
A meeting , which he anticipated with such joy , so strangely turned to bitterness .
Oh , save me ! save me ! " I imagined that the monster seized me ; I struggled
furiously , and fell down in a fit . Poor Clerval ! what must have been his feelings ?
A meeting , which he anticipated with such joy , so strangely turned to bitterness .
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M . Krempe had now commenced an eulogy on himself , which happily turned the
conversation from a subject that was so annoying to me . Clerval was no natural
philosopher . His imagination was too vivid for the minutiæ of science .
M . Krempe had now commenced an eulogy on himself , which happily turned the
conversation from a subject that was so annoying to me . Clerval was no natural
philosopher . His imagination was too vivid for the minutiæ of science .
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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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