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 7
... imagination ; yet , in assuming it as the basis of a work of fancy , I have not considered myself as merely weaving a series of super- natural terrors . The event on which the interest of the story depends is exempt from the ...
... imagination ; yet , in assuming it as the basis of a work of fancy , I have not considered myself as merely weaving a series of super- natural terrors . The event on which the interest of the story depends is exempt from the ...
Page 159
... imagination was dreadful in itself , but soothing inasmuch as it supposed the safety of my friends . I was agonized ... imaginations , I passed through many beautiful and majestic scenes , but my eyes were fixed and unobserving . I could ...
... imagination was dreadful in itself , but soothing inasmuch as it supposed the safety of my friends . I was agonized ... imaginations , I passed through many beautiful and majestic scenes , but my eyes were fixed and unobserving . I could ...
Page 162
... imagination . But even human sympathies were not suffi- cient to satisfy his eager mind . The scenery of external ... imaginations fanciful and magnificent , which formed a world whose existence depended on the life of its creator , has ...
... imagination . But even human sympathies were not suffi- cient to satisfy his eager mind . The scenery of external ... imaginations fanciful and magnificent , which formed a world whose existence depended on the life of its creator , has ...
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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