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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... heaven , for nothing contributes so much to tranquillise the mind as a steady purpose a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye . This expedition has been the favourite dream of my early years . I have read with ardour the ...
... heaven , for nothing contributes so much to tranquillise the mind as a steady purpose a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye . This expedition has been the favourite dream of my early years . I have read with ardour the ...
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... heaven . I also became a poet and for one year lived in a para- dise of my own creation ; I imagined that I also might obtain a niche in the temple where the names of Homer and Shakespeare are consecrated . You are well acquainted with ...
... heaven . I also became a poet and for one year lived in a para- dise of my own creation ; I imagined that I also might obtain a niche in the temple where the names of Homer and Shakespeare are consecrated . You are well acquainted with ...
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... Heaven shower down blessings on you , and save me , that I may again and again testify my gratitude for all your love and kindness . Your affectionate brother , R. Walton LETTER 2 To Mrs. Saville , England . Archangel , 6.
... Heaven shower down blessings on you , and save me , that I may again and again testify my gratitude for all your love and kindness . Your affectionate brother , R. Walton LETTER 2 To Mrs. Saville , England . Archangel , 6.
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... element ? What can stop the determined heart and re- solved will of man ? My swelling heart involuntarily pours itself out thus . But I must finish . Heaven bless my beloved sister ! R.W. LETTER 4 To Mrs. Saville , England . August 5th 13.
... element ? What can stop the determined heart and re- solved will of man ? My swelling heart involuntarily pours itself out thus . But I must finish . Heaven bless my beloved sister ! R.W. LETTER 4 To Mrs. Saville , England . August 5th 13.
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... Heaven , whom to bring up to good , and whose future lot it was in their 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 ...
... Heaven , whom to bring up to good , and whose future lot it was in their 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 ...
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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