Frankenstein; or, The Modern PrometheusFrankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797–1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on January 1, 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition published in Paris in 1821. |
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... Clerval was the son of a merchant of Geneva . He was a boy of singular talent and fancy . He loved enterprise , hardship , and even danger for its own sake . He was deeply read in books of chivalry and romance . He composed heroic songs ...
... Clerval was the son of a merchant of Geneva . He was a boy of singular talent and fancy . He loved enterprise , hardship , and even danger for its own sake . He was deeply read in books of chivalry and romance . He composed heroic songs ...
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... Clerval occupied himself , so to speak , with the moral relations of things . The busy stage of life , the virtues ... Clerval - could aught ill entrench on the noble spirit of Clerval ? Yet he might not have been so per- fectly humane ...
... Clerval occupied himself , so to speak , with the moral relations of things . The busy stage of life , the virtues ... Clerval - could aught ill entrench on the noble spirit of Clerval ? Yet he might not have been so per- fectly humane ...
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... Clerval spent the last evening with us . He had endeavoured to persuade his father to permit him to accompany me and to become my fel- low student , but in vain . His father was a narrow - minded trader and saw idleness and ruin in the ...
... Clerval spent the last evening with us . He had endeavoured to persuade his father to permit him to accompany me and to become my fel- low student , but in vain . His father was a narrow - minded trader and saw idleness and ruin in the ...
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... Clerval ; these were “ old familiar faces , ” but I believed myself totally unfitted for the company of strangers . Such were my reflections as I commenced my journey ; but as I proceeded , my spirits and hopes rose . I ardently desired ...
... Clerval ; these were “ old familiar faces , ” but I believed myself totally unfitted for the company of strangers . Such were my reflections as I commenced my journey ; but as I proceeded , my spirits and hopes rose . I ardently desired ...
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Contents
CHAPTER 11 | 105 |
CHAPTER 12 | 114 |
CHAPTER 13 | 121 |
CHAPTER 14 | 128 |
CHAPTER 15 | 134 |
CHAPTER 16 | 144 |
CHAPTER 17 | 154 |
CHAPTER 18 | 160 |
CHAPTER 5 | 53 |
CHAPTER 6 | 61 |
CHAPTER 7 | 70 |
CHAPTER 8 | 81 |
CHAPTER 9 | 91 |
CHAPTER 10 | 98 |
CHAPTER 19 | 169 |
CHAPTER 20 | 177 |
CHAPTER 21 | 188 |
CHAPTER 22 | 200 |
CHAPTER 23 | 211 |
CHAPTER 24 | 219 |
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