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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... destroyed the other sledge . I replied that I could not answer with any degree of certainty , for the ice had not broken until near midnight , and the traveller might have ar- rived at a place of safety before that time ; but of this I ...
... destroyed the other sledge . I replied that I could not answer with any degree of certainty , for the ice had not broken until near midnight , and the traveller might have ar- rived at a place of safety before that time ; but of this I ...
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... destroyed by misery without feel- ing the most poignant grief ? He is so gentle , yet so wise ; his mind is so cultivated , and when he speaks , although his words are culled with the choicest art , yet they flow with rapidity and ...
... destroyed by misery without feel- ing the most poignant grief ? He is so gentle , yet so wise ; his mind is so cultivated , and when he speaks , although his words are culled with the choicest art , yet they flow with rapidity and ...
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... destroyed . Before this I was not unacquainted with the more obvious laws of electricity . On this occasion a man of great research in natural philosophy was with us , and excited by this cata- strophe , he entered on the explanation of ...
... destroyed . Before this I was not unacquainted with the more obvious laws of electricity . On this occasion a man of great research in natural philosophy was with us , and excited by this cata- strophe , he entered on the explanation of ...
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... destroy me . As he went on I felt as if my soul were grappling with a palpable enemy ; one by one the various keys were touched which formed the mech- anism of my being ; chord after chord was sounded , and soon my mind was filled with ...
... destroy me . As he went on I felt as if my soul were grappling with a palpable enemy ; one by one the various keys were touched which formed the mech- anism of my being ; chord after chord was sounded , and soon my mind was filled with ...
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... destroy your taste for those simple pleasures in which no alloy can possibly mix , then that study is certainly ... destroyed . But I forget that I am moralizing in the most interesting part of my tale , and your looks remind me to ...
... destroy your taste for those simple pleasures in which no alloy can possibly mix , then that study is certainly ... destroyed . But I forget that I am moralizing in the most interesting part of my tale , and your looks remind me to ...
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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