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
... feelings which made me neglect the scenes around me caused me also to forget those friends who were so many miles ... feelings , but I could not tear my thoughts from my employment , loathsome in itself , but which had taken an ...
... feelings which made me neglect the scenes around me caused me also to forget those friends who were so many miles ... feelings , but I could not tear my thoughts from my employment , loathsome in itself , but which had taken an ...
Page 91
... feelings after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events , the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear . Justine died , she rested , and I was alive . The ...
... feelings after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events , the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear . Justine died , she rested , and I was alive . The ...
Page 190
... feelings , for to me the walls of a dungeon or a palace were alike hateful . The cup of life was poisoned forever , and although the sun shone upon me as upon the happy and gay of heart , I saw around me nothing but a dense and ...
... feelings , for to me the walls of a dungeon or a palace were alike hateful . The cup of life was poisoned forever , and although the sun shone upon me as upon the happy and gay of heart , I saw around me nothing but a dense and ...
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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