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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... dear sister of my welfare and increas- ing confidence in the success of my undertaking . I am already far north of London , and as I walk in the streets of Petersburgh , I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks , which braces ...
... dear sister of my welfare and increas- ing confidence in the success of my undertaking . I am already far north of London , and as I walk in the streets of Petersburgh , I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks , which braces ...
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... dear Margaret , do I not deserve to accomplish some great purpose ? My life might have been passed in ease and luxury , but I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path . Oh , that some encouraging voice would ...
... dear Margaret , do I not deserve to accomplish some great purpose ? My life might have been passed in ease and luxury , but I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path . Oh , that some encouraging voice would ...
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... dear sister , how can I answer this question ? If I succeed , many , many months , perhaps years , will pass before you and I may meet . If I fail , you will see me again soon , or never . Farewell , my dear , excellent Margaret ...
... dear sister , how can I answer this question ? If I succeed , many , many months , perhaps years , will pass before you and I may meet . If I fail , you will see me again soon , or never . Farewell , my dear , excellent Margaret ...
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... dear sister , but I bitterly feel the want of a friend . I have no one near me , gentle yet cour- ageous , possessed of a cultivated as well as of a capacious mind , whose tastes are like my own , to approve or amend my plans . How ...
... dear sister , but I bitterly feel the want of a friend . I have no one near me , gentle yet cour- ageous , possessed of a cultivated as well as of a capacious mind , whose tastes are like my own , to approve or amend my plans . How ...
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Remember me with affection , should you never hear from me again . Your affectionate brother , Robert Walton My dear Sister , LETTER 3 To Mrs. Saville , 11.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Remember me with affection , should you never hear from me again . Your affectionate brother , Robert Walton My dear Sister , LETTER 3 To Mrs. Saville , 11.
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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