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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... hands before his eyes , and my voice quivered and failed me as I beheld tears trickle fast from between his fingers ; a groan burst from his heaving breast . I paused ; at length he spoke , in broken accents : " Unhappy man ! Do you ...
... hands before his eyes , and my voice quivered and failed me as I beheld tears trickle fast from between his fingers ; a groan burst from his heaving breast . I paused ; at length he spoke , in broken accents : " Unhappy man ! Do you ...
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... hand raised in animation , while the lineaments of his face are irradiated by the soul within . Strange and harrowing must be his story , frightful the storm which em- braced the gallant vessel on its course and wrecked it — thus ...
... hand raised in animation , while the lineaments of his face are irradiated by the soul within . Strange and harrowing must be his story , frightful the storm which em- braced the gallant vessel on its course and wrecked it — thus ...
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... hands to direct to happiness or misery , according as they fulfilled their duties to- wards me . With this deep consciousness of what they owed to- wards the being to which they had given life , added to the act- ive spirit of ...
... hands to direct to happiness or misery , according as they fulfilled their duties to- wards me . With this deep consciousness of what they owed to- wards the being to which they had given life , added to the act- ive spirit of ...
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... hands of the infidels . No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself . My parents were possessed by the very spirit of kindness and indulgence . We felt that they were not the tyrants to rule our lot according to ...
... hands of the infidels . No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself . My parents were possessed by the very spirit of kindness and indulgence . We felt that they were not the tyrants to rule our lot according to ...
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... hands of Elizabeth and myself . “ My chil- dren , ” she said , " my firmest hopes of future happiness were placed on the prospect of your union . This expectation will now be the consolation of your father . Elizabeth , 36 CHAPTER 3.
... hands of Elizabeth and myself . “ My chil- dren , ” she said , " my firmest hopes of future happiness were placed on the prospect of your union . This expectation will now be the consolation of your father . Elizabeth , 36 CHAPTER 3.
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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