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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... become more fervent and vivid . I try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation ; it ever presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight . There , Margaret , the sun is for ever ...
... become more fervent and vivid . I try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation ; it ever presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight . There , Margaret , the sun is for ever ...
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... becoming ac- quainted with more languages than that of my native country . Now I am twenty - eight and am in reality more illiterate than many schoolboys of fifteen . It is true that I have thought more and that my daydreams are more ...
... becoming ac- quainted with more languages than that of my native country . Now I am twenty - eight and am in reality more illiterate than many schoolboys of fifteen . It is true that I have thought more and that my daydreams are more ...
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... become one among those whose names are recorded in story as the gallant and adventurous benefactors of our species . The saintly soul of Elizabeth shone like a shrine - dedicated lamp in our peaceful home . Her sympathy was ours ; her ...
... become one among those whose names are recorded in story as the gallant and adventurous benefactors of our species . The saintly soul of Elizabeth shone like a shrine - dedicated lamp in our peaceful home . Her sympathy was ours ; her ...
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... become a student at the university of In- golstadt . I had hitherto attended the schools of Geneva , but my father thought it necessary for the completion of my education that I should be made acquainted with other customs than those of ...
... become a student at the university of In- golstadt . I had hitherto attended the schools of Geneva , but my father thought it necessary for the completion of my education that I should be made acquainted with other customs than those of ...
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... become my fel- low student , but in vain . His father was a narrow - minded trader and saw idleness and ruin in the aspirations and ambition of his son . Henry deeply felt the misfortune of being debarred from a liberal education . He ...
... become my fel- low student , but in vain . His father was a narrow - minded trader and saw idleness and ruin in the aspirations and ambition of his son . Henry deeply felt the misfortune of being debarred from a liberal education . He ...
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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