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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... which I have communicated to him without disguise . He entered attentively into all my arguments in favour of my eventual success and into every minute detail of the measures I had taken to secure it . I was easily led 18.
... which I have communicated to him without disguise . He entered attentively into all my arguments in favour of my eventual success and into every minute detail of the measures I had taken to secure it . I was easily led 18.
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... entered , misery and despair alone welcomed him . Beaufort had saved but a very small sum of money from the wreck of his fortunes , but it was sufficient to provide him with sustenance for some months , and in the meantime he hoped to ...
... entered , misery and despair alone welcomed him . Beaufort had saved but a very small sum of money from the wreck of his fortunes , but it was sufficient to provide him with sustenance for some months , and in the meantime he hoped to ...
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... entering the citadel of nature , and rashly and ig- norantly I had repined . But here were books , and here were men who ... entered with the greatest diligence into the search of the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life ; but the ...
... entering the citadel of nature , and rashly and ig- norantly I had repined . But here were books , and here were men who ... entered with the greatest diligence into the search of the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life ; but the ...
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... entered on the explanation of a theory which he had formed on the subject of electricity and galvanism , which was at once new and astonishing to me . All that he said threw greatly into the shade Cornelius Agrippa , Albertus Magnus ...
... entered on the explanation of a theory which he had formed on the subject of electricity and galvanism , which was at once new and astonishing to me . All that he said threw greatly into the shade Cornelius Agrippa , Albertus Magnus ...
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... entered shortly after . This professor was very unlike his colleague . He appeared about fifty years of age , but with an aspect expressive of the greatest benevolence ; a few grey hairs covered his temples , but those at the back of ...
... entered shortly after . This professor was very unlike his colleague . He appeared about fifty years of age , but with an aspect expressive of the greatest benevolence ; a few grey hairs covered his temples , but those at the back of ...
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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