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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... tales excited in us a playful desire of imitation . Two other friends ( a tale from the pen of one of whom would be far more acceptable to the public than anything I can ever hope to produce ) and myself agreed to write each a story ...
... tales excited in us a playful desire of imitation . Two other friends ( a tale from the pen of one of whom would be far more acceptable to the public than anything I can ever hope to produce ) and myself agreed to write each a story ...
Page 208
... tale so strange that I should fear you would not credit it were there not something in truth which , however wonderful , forces conviction . The story is too connected to be mis- taken for a dream , and I have no motive for falsehood ...
... tale so strange that I should fear you would not credit it were there not something in truth which , however wonderful , forces conviction . The story is too connected to be mis- taken for a dream , and I have no motive for falsehood ...
Page 219
... tale ; at others , his voice broken , yet piercing , uttered with difficulty the words so replete with anguish . His fine and lovely eyes were now lighted up with indig- nation , now subdued to downcast sorrow and quenched in infinite ...
... tale ; at others , his voice broken , yet piercing , uttered with difficulty the words so replete with anguish . His fine and lovely eyes were now lighted up with indig- nation , now subdued to downcast sorrow and quenched in infinite ...
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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