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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... gentle yet cour- ageous , possessed of a cultivated as well as of a capacious mind , whose tastes are like my own , to approve or amend my plans . How would such a friend repair the faults of your poor brother ! I am too ardent in ...
... gentle yet cour- ageous , possessed of a cultivated as well as of a capacious mind , whose tastes are like my own , to approve or amend my plans . How would such a friend repair the faults of your poor brother ! I am too ardent in ...
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... courage , made me very desirous to engage him . A youth passed in solitude , my best years spent under your gentle and feminine fosterage , has so refined the ground- work of my character that I cannot overcome an intense 8.
... courage , made me very desirous to engage him . A youth passed in solitude , my best years spent under your gentle and feminine fosterage , has so refined the ground- work of my character that I cannot overcome an intense 8.
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... gentle that the sailors are all interested in him , although they have had very little communication with him . For my own part , I begin to love him as a brother , and his constant and deep grief fills me with sympathy and compassion ...
... gentle that the sailors are all interested in him , although they have had very little communication with him . For my own part , I begin to love him as a brother , and his constant and deep grief fills me with sympathy and compassion ...
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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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