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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... countenance is lighted up , as it were , with a beam of benevolence and sweetness that I never saw equalled . But he is generally melancholy and despairing , and sometimes he gnashes his teeth , as if impatient of the weight of woes ...
... countenance is lighted up , as it were , with a beam of benevolence and sweetness that I never saw equalled . But he is generally melancholy and despairing , and sometimes he gnashes his teeth , as if impatient of the weight of woes ...
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. His countenance instantly assumed an aspect of the deepest gloom , and he replied , “ To seek one who fled from me . ” “ And did the man whom you pursued travel in the same fashion ? " " Yes . " " Then I ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. His countenance instantly assumed an aspect of the deepest gloom , and he replied , “ To seek one who fled from me . ” “ And did the man whom you pursued travel in the same fashion ? " " Yes . " " Then I ...
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... countenance became expressive of a calm , settled grief that touched me to the heart . But he was si- lent and presently retired to his cabin . Even broken in spirit as he is , no one can feel more deeply than he does the beauties of ...
... countenance became expressive of a calm , settled grief that touched me to the heart . But he was si- lent and presently retired to his cabin . Even broken in spirit as he is , no one can feel more deeply than he does the beauties of ...
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... countenance expressed affection even in death . I need not describe the feelings of those whose dearest ties are rent by that most irreparable evil , the void that presents itself to the soul , and the despair that is exhibited on the ...
... countenance expressed affection even in death . I need not describe the feelings of those whose dearest ties are rent by that most irreparable evil , the void that presents itself to the soul , and the despair that is exhibited on the ...
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... countenances . I loved my broth- ers , Elizabeth , and 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 ...
... countenances . I loved my broth- ers , Elizabeth , and 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 ...
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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