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 21
... gentle that the sailors are all interested in him , although they have had very little communication with him . For my own part , I begin to love him as a brother , and his constant and deep grief fills me with sympathy and compassion ...
... gentle that the sailors are all interested in him , although they have had very little communication with him . For my own part , I begin to love him as a brother , and his constant and deep grief fills me with sympathy and compassion ...
Page 118
... gentle Agatha , and the excellent Felix flitted before me . I looked upon them as superior beings who would be the arbiters of my future destiny . I formed in my imagination a thousand pictures of presenting myself to them and their ...
... gentle Agatha , and the excellent Felix flitted before me . I looked upon them as superior beings who would be the arbiters of my future destiny . I formed in my imagination a thousand pictures of presenting myself to them and their ...
Page 162
... gentle and lovely being lost forever ? Has this mind , so replete with ideas , imaginations fanciful and magnificent , which formed a world whose existence depended on the life of its creator , has this mind perished ? Does it now only ...
... gentle and lovely being lost forever ? Has this mind , so replete with ideas , imaginations fanciful and magnificent , which formed a world whose existence depended on the life of its creator , has this mind perished ? Does it now only ...
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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