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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... death and to induce me to commence this laborious voyage with the joy a 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 ...
... death and to induce me to commence this laborious voyage with the joy a 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 ...
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... death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought , for the domin- ion I should acquire and transmit over the elemental foes of our race . As I spoke , a dark gloom spread over my listener's coun ...
... death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought , for the domin- ion I should acquire and transmit over the elemental foes of our race . As I spoke , a dark gloom spread over my listener's coun ...
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... name of cousin . No word , no expression could body forth the kind of relation in which she stood to me -my more than sister , since till death she was to be mine only . CHAPTER 2 We were brought up together ; there was 28.
... name of cousin . No word , no expression could body forth the kind of relation in which she stood to me -my more than sister , since till death she was to be mine only . CHAPTER 2 We were brought up together ; there was 28.
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... inferior object , but what glory would at- tend the discovery if I could banish disease from the human frame and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death ! Nor were these my only visions . The raising of 33.
... inferior object , but what glory would at- tend the discovery if I could banish disease from the human frame and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death ! Nor were these my only visions . The raising of 33.
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... death and will indulge a hope of meeting you in another world . " She died calmly , and her countenance expressed affection even in death . I need not describe the feelings of those whose dearest ties are rent by that most irreparable ...
... death and will indulge a hope of meeting you in another world . " She died calmly , and her countenance expressed affection even in death . I need not describe the feelings of those whose dearest ties are rent by that most irreparable ...
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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