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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... monster seized me ; I struggled furiously and fell down in a fit . Poor Clerval ! What must have been his feelings ? A meeting , which he anticipated with such joy , so strangely turned to bitterness . But I was not the witness of his ...
... monster seized me ; I struggled furiously and fell down in a fit . Poor Clerval ! What must have been his feelings ? A meeting , which he anticipated with such joy , so strangely turned to bitterness . But I was not the witness of his ...
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... monster seen from our ship , brought to me a greater conviction of the truth of his narrative than his asseverations , however earnest and connect- ed . Such a monster has , then , really existence ! I can- not doubt it , yet I am lost ...
... monster seen from our ship , brought to me a greater conviction of the truth of his narrative than his asseverations , however earnest and connect- ed . Such a monster has , then , really existence ! I can- not doubt it , yet I am lost ...
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... monster whom I had created . Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein is one of the world's most famous horror stories ... monster whose appearance shocks and disgusts everyone . Rejected by humans , the monster begs Victor to create another ...
... monster whom I had created . Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein is one of the world's most famous horror stories ... monster whose appearance shocks and disgusts everyone . Rejected by humans , the monster begs Victor to create another ...
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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