Frankenstein: Or, the Modern PrometheusHere is the classic novel of supreme horror that has held readers spellbound since its publication in 1816. This new edition will also feature an examination of the films inspired by Shelley's groundbreaking work, plus a fascinating look into genetic engineering and the modern implications of this immortal tale. |
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Page 52
... affection , and we shall hear regularly from you . You must pardon me if I regard any interrup- tion in your correspondence as a proof that your other duties are equally neglected . " I knew well therefore what would be my father's ...
... affection , and we shall hear regularly from you . You must pardon me if I regard any interrup- tion in your correspondence as a proof that your other duties are equally neglected . " I knew well therefore what would be my father's ...
Page 207
... affection which a man feels , who in the decline of life , having few affections , clings more earnestly to those that remain . Cursed , cursed be the fiend that brought misery on his grey hairs and doomed him to waste in wretchedness ...
... affection which a man feels , who in the decline of life , having few affections , clings more earnestly to those that remain . Cursed , cursed be the fiend that brought misery on his grey hairs and doomed him to waste in wretchedness ...
Page 231
... affection with which my whole being overflowed , that I wished to be participated . But now that virtue has become to me a shadow , and that happiness and affection are turned into bitter and loathing despair , in what should I seek for ...
... affection with which my whole being overflowed , that I wished to be participated . But now that virtue has become to me a shadow , and that happiness and affection are turned into bitter and loathing despair , in what should I seek for ...
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affection Agatha agony Albertus Magnus anguish appeared arrived beauty became beheld beloved bestow child choly Clerval companion consolation cottage countenance cousin creature crime dared dark dear death delight desire despair destroyed discovered dream earth Elizabeth endeavoured endured entered expressed eyes father fear feelings Felix felt forever Frankenstein Geneva gentle grief happiness heard heart heaven hope horror human imagination Ingolstadt inhabitants innocent journey Justine kind Kirwin Krempe labours lake live looked marriage Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley melan mind miserable misfortunes Modern Prometheus monster Mont Blanc morning mountains murderer natural philosophy nature never night Paracelsus Paradise Lost passed passion peace perceived Percy Bysshe Shelley pleasure poor possessed rage reflect remained resolved Safie sank scene sensations smiles sometimes soon sorrow soul spirit strange suffered Switzerland tale tears thought tion tranquillity Victor voice wind wish wonder wood words wretch