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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... wretched a condition . We attempted to carry him into the cabin , but as soon as he had quitted the fresh air , he fainted . We accord- ingly brought him back to the deck , and restored him to animation by rubbing him with brandy , and ...
... wretched a condition . We attempted to carry him into the cabin , but as soon as he had quitted the fresh air , he fainted . We accord- ingly brought him back to the deck , and restored him to animation by rubbing him with brandy , and ...
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... wretch whom , with such infinite pains and care , I had endeavored to form ? His limbs were in proportion , and I had selected his features as beautiful . Beautiful ! Great God ! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and ...
... wretch whom , with such infinite pains and care , I had endeavored to form ? His limbs were in proportion , and I had selected his features as beautiful . Beautiful ! Great God ! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and ...
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... wretch . I had gazed on him while unfinished : he was ugly then ; but when those muscles and joints were rendered capable of motion , it became a thing such as even Dante could not have conceived . I passed the night wretchedly ...
... wretch . I had gazed on him while unfinished : he was ugly then ; but when those muscles and joints were rendered capable of motion , it became a thing such as even Dante could not have conceived . I passed the night wretchedly ...
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... my father's advanced age , and unfitness for so long a journey , and how wretched my sickness would make Elizabeth , he spared them this grief by con- • cealing the extent of my disorder . He knew 48 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
... my father's advanced age , and unfitness for so long a journey , and how wretched my sickness would make Elizabeth , he spared them this grief by con- • cealing the extent of my disorder . He knew 48 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
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