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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... yet 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 ...
... yet 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 ...
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... nights to the study of mathematics , the theory of medicine , and those branches of physical science from which a naval adventurer might derive the greatest practical advantage . Twice I actually hired myself as an under - mate in a ...
... nights to the study of mathematics , the theory of medicine , and those branches of physical science from which a naval adventurer might derive the greatest practical advantage . Twice I actually hired myself as an under - mate in a ...
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... night the ice broke and freed our ship . We , however , lay to until the morning , fearing to encounter in the dark those large loose masses which float about after the break- ing up of the ice . I profited of this time to rest for a ...
... night the ice broke and freed our ship . We , however , lay to until the morning , fearing to encounter in the dark those large loose masses which float about after the break- ing up of the ice . I profited of this time to rest for a ...
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... night , when I am not imperatively occupied by my duties , to record , as nearly as possible in his own words , what he has related during the day . If I should be engaged , I will at least make notes . This manu- script will doubtless ...
... night , when I am not imperatively occupied by my duties , to record , as nearly as possible in his own words , what he has related during the day . If I should be engaged , I will at least make notes . This manu- script will doubtless ...
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... night . My internal being was in a state of insurrection and turmoil ; I felt that order would thence arise , but I had no power to produce it . By degrees , after the morning's dawn , sleep came . I awoke , and my yesternight's ...
... night . My internal being was in a state of insurrection and turmoil ; I felt that order would thence arise , but I had no power to produce it . By degrees , after the morning's dawn , sleep came . I awoke , and my yesternight's ...
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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