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 101
... existence , restore those victims whom you have so diabolically murdered ! " " I expected this reception , " said the demon . " All men hate the wretched ; how , then , must I be hated , who am miserable beyond all living things ! Yet ...
... existence , restore those victims whom you have so diabolically murdered ! " " I expected this reception , " said the demon . " All men hate the wretched ; how , then , must I be hated , who am miserable beyond all living things ! Yet ...
Page 152
... existence everyone will be ignorant . My vices are the children of a forced solitude that I abhor , and my virtues will necessarily arise when I live in communion with an equal . I shall feel the affections of a sensitive being and ...
... existence everyone will be ignorant . My vices are the children of a forced solitude that I abhor , and my virtues will necessarily arise when I live in communion with an equal . I shall feel the affections of a sensitive being and ...
Page 212
... existence . I knelt on the grass and kissed the earth , and with quivering lips exclaimed , " By the sacred earth on which I kneel , by the shades that wander near me , by the deep and eternal grief that I feel , I swear ; and by thee ...
... existence . I knelt on the grass and kissed the earth , and with quivering lips exclaimed , " By the sacred earth on which I kneel , by the shades that wander near me , by the deep and eternal grief that I feel , I swear ; and by thee ...
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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