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 57
... fear , and I hurried on with irregular steps , not daring to look about me : Like one who , on a lonely road , Doth walk in fear and dread , And , having once turned round , walks on , And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a ...
... fear , and I hurried on with irregular steps , not daring to look about me : Like one who , on a lonely road , Doth walk in fear and dread , And , having once turned round , walks on , And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a ...
Page 75
... fear , my friend , that I shall render myself tedious by dwelling on these preliminary circumstances , but they were days of comparative happiness , and I think of them with pleasure . My country , my beloved country ! Who but a native ...
... fear , my friend , that I shall render myself tedious by dwelling on these preliminary circumstances , but they were days of comparative happiness , and I think of them with pleasure . My country , my beloved country ! Who but a native ...
Page 93
... fear lest the monster whom I had created should perpetrate some new wickedness . I had an obscure feeling that all was not over and that he would still commit some signal crime , which by its enormity should almost efface the ...
... fear lest the monster whom I had created should perpetrate some new wickedness . I had an obscure feeling that all was not over and that he would still commit some signal crime , which by its enormity should almost efface the ...
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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