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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... wonder . We were , as we believed , many hundred miles from any land ; but this appari- tion seemed to denote that it was not , in reality , so distant as we had supposed . Shut in , however , by ice , it was impossible to fol- low his ...
... wonder . We were , as we believed , many hundred miles from any land ; but this appari- tion seemed to denote that it was not , in reality , so distant as we had supposed . Shut in , however , by ice , it was impossible to fol- low his ...
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... wonder was engaged by some experiments on an air - pump , which I saw employed by a gentleman whom we were in the habit of visiting . The ignorance of the early philosophers on these and several other points served to decrease their ...
... wonder was engaged by some experiments on an air - pump , which I saw employed by a gentleman whom we were in the habit of visiting . The ignorance of the early philosophers on these and several other points served to decrease their ...
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... and there is nothing more to know ; but in a scientific pursuit there is continual food for discovery and wonder . A mind of moderate capacity , which closely pursues one study , must infallibly THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 39.
... and there is nothing more to know ; but in a scientific pursuit there is continual food for discovery and wonder . A mind of moderate capacity , which closely pursues one study , must infallibly THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 39.
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... wonder and hope which your eyes express , my friend , that you expect to be informed of the secret with which I am acquainted : that cannot be ; listen patiently until the end of my story , and you will easily perceive why I am reserved ...
... wonder and hope which your eyes express , my friend , that you expect to be informed of the secret with which I am acquainted : that cannot be ; listen patiently until the end of my story , and you will easily perceive why I am reserved ...
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
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