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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... philosophical than my companion ; yet my temper was not so yielding . My application was of longer endurance ; but it was not so severe while it endured . I delighted in investigating facts relative to the actual world ; she busied ...
... philosophical than my companion ; yet my temper was not so yielding . My application was of longer endurance ; but it was not so severe while it endured . I delighted in investigating facts relative to the actual world ; she busied ...
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... forgotten sources ; but , swelling as it proceeded , it became the torrent which , in its course , has swept away all my hopes and joys . Natural Philosophy is the genius that has regulated my fate 30 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
... forgotten sources ; but , swelling as it proceeded , it became the torrent which , in its course , has swept away all my hopes and joys . Natural Philosophy is the genius that has regulated my fate 30 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Natural Philosophy is the genius that has regulated my fate ; I desire , therefore , in this narration , to state those facts which led to my predilection for that science . When I was thirteen years of age ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Natural Philosophy is the genius that has regulated my fate ; I desire , therefore , in this narration , to state those facts which led to my predilection for that science . When I was thirteen years of age ...
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... natural philosophy , to which I cheerfully consented . Some accident prevented my attending these lectures until the course was nearly finished . The lecture being therefore one of the last , was entirely incomprehensible to me . The ...
... natural philosophy , to which I cheerfully consented . Some accident prevented my attending these lectures until the course was nearly finished . The lecture being therefore one of the last , was entirely incomprehensible to me . The ...
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... natural philosophy . He received me with politeness , and asked me several questions concerning my progress in the different branches of science appertaining to natural philosophy . I mentioned , it is true , with fear and trem- bling ...
... natural philosophy . He received me with politeness , and asked me several questions concerning my progress in the different branches of science appertaining to natural philosophy . I mentioned , it is true , with fear and trem- bling ...
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