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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... expression of wildness , and even madness , but there are moments when , if anyone performs an act of kindness towards him or does him any the most trifling service , his whole countenance is lighted up , as it were , with a beam of ...
... expression of wildness , and even madness , but there are moments when , if anyone performs an act of kindness towards him or does him any the most trifling service , his whole countenance is lighted up , as it were , with a beam of ...
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... expressed my convic- tion that a man could boast of little happiness who did not en- joy this blessing . " I agree with you , ” replied the stranger ; " we are unfash- ioned creatures , but half made up , if one wiser , better , dearer ...
... expressed my convic- tion that a man could boast of little happiness who did not en- joy this blessing . " I agree with you , ” replied the stranger ; " we are unfash- ioned creatures , but half made up , if one wiser , better , dearer ...
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... of things , unequalled for clearness and precision ; add to this a facility of expression and a voice whose varied intonations are soul - subduing music . **** August 19th , 17— . Yesterday the stranger said to me , " You may 20.
... of things , unequalled for clearness and precision ; add to this a facility of expression and a voice whose varied intonations are soul - subduing music . **** August 19th , 17— . Yesterday the stranger said to me , " You may 20.
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... expressed these feelings in my answer . “ I thank you , ” he replied , “ for your sympathy , but it is use- less ; my fate is nearly fulfilled . I wait but for one event , and then I shall repose in peace . I understand your feeling ...
... expressed these feelings in my answer . “ I thank you , ” he replied , “ for your sympathy , but it is use- less ; my fate is nearly fulfilled . I wait but for one event , and then I shall repose in peace . I understand your feeling ...
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... by the 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.
... by the 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.
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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