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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... I was passionately fond of reading . These volumes were my study day and night , and my familiarity with them increased that regret which I had felt , as a child , on learn- ing that my father's dying injunction had forbidden my uncle 4.
... I was passionately fond of reading . These volumes were my study day and night , and my familiarity with them increased that regret which I had felt , as a child , on learn- ing that my father's dying injunction had forbidden my uncle 4.
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. ing that my father's dying injunction had forbidden my uncle to allow me to embark in a seafaring life . These visions faded when I perused , for the first time , those poets whose effusions entranced my soul ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. ing that my father's dying injunction had forbidden my uncle to allow me to embark in a seafaring life . These visions faded when I perused , for the first time , those poets whose effusions entranced my soul ...
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... father of the girl consented to the match . He saw his mistress once be- fore the destined ceremony ; but she was bathed in tears , and throwing herself at his feet , entreated him to spare her , confess- ing at the same time that she ...
... father of the girl consented to the match . He saw his mistress once be- fore the destined ceremony ; but she was bathed in tears , and throwing herself at his feet , entreated him to spare her , confess- ing at the same time that she ...
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... father had filled several public situations with honour and reputation . He was respected by all who knew him for his integrity and indefatigable atten- tion to public business . He passed his younger days perpetually occupied by the ...
... father had filled several public situations with honour and reputation . He was respected by all who knew him for his integrity and indefatigable atten- tion to public business . He passed his younger days perpetually occupied by the ...
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... father grew worse ; her time was more entirely occupied in attending him ; her means of subsistence decreased ; and in the tenth month her father died in her arms , leaving her an orphan and a beggar . This last blow overcame her , and ...
... father grew worse ; her time was more entirely occupied in attending him ; her means of subsistence decreased ; and in the tenth month her father died in her arms , leaving her an orphan and a beggar . This last blow overcame her , and ...
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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