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 11
... cold , famine , thirst , and want of sleep ; I often worked harder than the common sailors during the day and devoted my nights to the study of mathematics , the theory of medicine , and those branches of physical science from which a ...
... cold , famine , thirst , and want of sleep ; I often worked harder than the common sailors during the day and devoted my nights to the study of mathematics , the theory of medicine , and those branches of physical science from which a ...
Page 105
... cold also , and half frightened , as it were , instinctively , finding myself so desolate . Before I had quitted your apartment , on a sen- sation of cold , I had covered myself with some clothes , but these were insufficient to secure ...
... cold also , and half frightened , as it were , instinctively , finding myself so desolate . Before I had quitted your apartment , on a sen- sation of cold , I had covered myself with some clothes , but these were insufficient to secure ...
Page 215
... cold increased in a degree almost too severe to support . The peasants were shut up in their hovels , and only a few of the most hardy ventured forth to seize the animals whom starvation had forced from their hiding places to seek for ...
... cold increased in a degree almost too severe to support . The peasants were shut up in their hovels , and only a few of the most hardy ventured forth to seize the animals whom starvation had forced from their hiding places to 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