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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... whole of our good Uncle Thomas's library . My education was neglected , yet I was passionately fond of reading . These volumes were my study day and night , and my familiarity with them increased that regret which I had felt , as a ...
... whole of our good Uncle Thomas's library . My education was neglected , yet I was passionately fond of reading . These volumes were my study day and night , and my familiarity with them increased that regret which I had felt , as a ...
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... whole on his rival , together with the remains of his prize - money , to purchase stock , and then himself solicited the young woman's father to consent to her marriage with her lover . But the old man decidedly refused , thinking ...
... whole on his rival , together with the remains of his prize - money , to purchase stock , and then himself solicited the young woman's father to consent to her marriage with her lover . But the old man decidedly refused , thinking ...
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... whole countenance is lighted up , as it were , with a beam of benev- olence and sweetness that I never saw equalled . But he is generally melancholy and despairing ; and sometimes he gnashes his teeth , as if impatient of the weight of ...
... whole countenance is lighted up , as it were , with a beam of benev- olence and sweetness that I never saw equalled . But he is generally melancholy and despairing ; and sometimes he gnashes his teeth , as if impatient of the weight of ...
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... whole works of this author , and afterwards of Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus . I read and studied the wild fancies of these writers with delight ; they appeared to me treasures known to few beside my- self ; and although I often wished ...
... whole works of this author , and afterwards of Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus . I read and studied the wild fancies of these writers with delight ; they appeared to me treasures known to few beside my- self ; and although I often wished ...
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... whole winter , instead of being spent in study , as you promised yourself , has been consumed in my sick room . How shall I ever repay you ? I feel the greatest remorse for the dis- appointment of which I have been the occasion ; but ...
... whole winter , instead of being spent in study , as you promised yourself , has been consumed in my sick room . How shall I ever repay you ? I feel the greatest remorse for the dis- appointment of which I have been the occasion ; but ...
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
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