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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... child feels when he embarks in a little boat , with his holiday mates , on an expedition of discovery up his native river . But supposing all these conjectures to be false , you can- not contest the inestimable benefit which I shall ...
... child feels when he embarks in a little boat , with his holiday mates , on an expedition of discovery up his native river . But supposing all these conjectures to be false , you can- not contest the inestimable benefit which I shall ...
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... child , was born at Naples , and as an infant accompanied them in their rambles . I remained for several years their only child . Much as they were attached to each other , they seemed to draw inexhaustible stores of affection from a ...
... child , was born at Naples , and as an infant accompanied them in their rambles . I remained for several years their only child . Much as they were attached to each other , they seemed to draw inexhaustible stores of affection from a ...
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. something better their child , the innocent and helpless creature bestowed on them by Heaven ... child was thin and very fair . Her hair was the brightest living gold , and despite the poverty of her clothing ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. something better their child , the innocent and helpless creature bestowed on them by Heaven ... child was thin and very fair . Her hair was the brightest living gold , and despite the poverty of her clothing ...
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... child , but the daughter of a Milanese nobleman . Her mother was a German and had died on giving her birth . The infant had been placed with these good people to nurse : they were better off then . They had not been long married , and ...
... child , but the daughter of a Milanese nobleman . Her mother was a German and had died on giving her birth . The infant had been placed with these good people to nurse : they were better off then . They had not been long married , and ...
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... child picking up shells beside the great and unexplored ocean of truth . Those of his successors in each branch of ... child's blindness , added to a student's thirst for knowledge . Under the guidance of my new preceptors I entered with ...
... child picking up shells beside the great and unexplored ocean of truth . Those of his successors in each branch of ... child's blindness , added to a student's thirst for knowledge . Under the guidance of my new preceptors I entered with ...
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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